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<font size="2">Hi Laura,<br>
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That turbine was always questionable at best. <br>
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The best summary I've heard is that Skystream owners that had no
data collection loved their turbine <br>
and those that did monitor it hated it.<br>
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I sincerely doubt that it would ever pay back the cost of
repairing it. Especially if that's the 10 meter<br>
tower the company loved to sell for it. No where near high enough
to harvest good quality wind.<br>
<br>
Sorry to be the dream killer!<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Roy Butler
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/26/2026 11:54 AM, Laura Conchelos
via RE-wrenches wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,
<div>I have a new customer with an old Skystream 3.7 wind
turbine. The turbine is on a pallet to be sent off for some
maintenane, but the former homeowner never got to it. The
tower looks good and was probably a legit tower sold with the
turbine, though I'm not positive. </div>
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<div>Just wondering what the current thought is about Skystream
and if folks think it's worth this guy trying to have the
turbine fixed and reinstalled? I looked at some old posts from
2012 but hope to get some more current advice. </div>
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<div>Laura</div>
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