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Ron and John and all,<br>
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SD Wind Energy out of Texas is representing what was the
Proven/Kingspan down wind turbines. They have a 3 and 6kW turbine
now but I heard through<br>
the grapevine that they may have a 1kW in the near future. Price is
a bit high but they are solid machines.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sd-windenergy.com/">https://sd-windenergy.com/</a><br>
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Other folks have been using the Braun turbine out of Germany but
that's really spendy. <br>
<br>
The Whisper line was good, then Southwest Wind Power bought it, they
went under, a company from India bought it, then it went to Japan<br>
and last I heard it's now owned by a Chinese company.....buyer
beware!<br>
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Although there are a couple of small turbine manufacturer's in the
US making 1kW to 2kW machines, I am assuming you want something
reliable so<br>
you may want to steer clear of those. I won't name names here. And
of course there are all those tempting units for sale on Amazon and
Ebay....run<br>
screaming from the room on those.<br>
<br>
Slim pickings out there, the small wind industry began a rapid
decline back around 2012 when the PV prices started dropping. Most
of us wind weanies<br>
moved to solar installations to help support our wind habit and
decreased wind sales put many turbine manufacturers out of business.
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<br>
Anyway, best of luck on your search and if you find something and
care to run it by me off list please do so!
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.four-winds-energy.com">www.four-winds-energy.com</a>
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<div dir="auto">Ron, I installed a lot of the Bergey XL.1 until
they stopped production. I just replaced blades on one last
week and my first install of one of the first ones
manufactured in 2001 is still working fine. We took in down
about 10 years ago for preventive maintenance and replaced the
brushes and blades though both were still in good shape. Most
problems have been blades, brushes and a few tower failures
mostly due to customer neglect or violent storms. I installed
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<div dir="auto">1.6 kw at my home about 4 years ago and fell in
love with that machine. Pika solved the Blade root attachment
weakness found on the Bergey as well as sound issues and
performance. Unfortunately they stopped production due to low
sales. I ran mine for a year and a half and almost eliminated
my generator in a low wind speed site but att he same time saw
it perform flawlessly in high winds putting out well over 2500
watts and regulating my batteries at float with no dump loads
needed. I got my first order for one and called Pika to order
one but they had already stopped production and were not going
to make any more. I had sold a customer a complete upgrade of
his system which included upgrading from a Xantrex SW Plus to
dual Outback inverters, going from 24v to 48v, and directly
replacing his Bergey with a Pika, and new Aquion batteries.
Sine we had already done the rest of the system, I ended up
selling mine to him to keep him happy. I dearly miss that
machine. Since Pika sold out to Generac, I\u2019m hanging on a
glimmer of hope that the turbine production could be
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<div dir="auto">Otherwise, the only new turbine I have installed
is a 1 kw SuperWind, made in Germany. It is on a 40\u2019 tilt up
guyed tower on a mountaintop transmitter site. It has performed
as expected with the only problem being susceptible to icing and
the blade hub freezing to the nacelle. It is all white so the
sun can\u2019t help defrost it. Very nice workmanship but it also
has a controller and dump load In addition to pitching blades.
Similar cost as the Pika. I don\u2019t have any data on how much
the dump load has interacted with the controller. This is a
high wind site. I\u2019m not sure how it would perform in low
winds. We put it up in November and it survived the winter. If
you could find a used Pika, that would be my choice but I
haven\u2019t found one yet myself. Let me know If you find anything
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<div dir="auto">Wind Wrenches out there. ... respond !</div>
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for recommendations on a wind turbine from the Wrenches.
Wondering what people are liking out there right now. I
know it\u2019s a pretty skinny market and lots of junk but my
client would like to replace an aging model that he has in
a low to moderate wind area, not spend too much money but
spend enough to get reliable. Ideally around 1kW but
smaller is ok.
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