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Agreed! Kohilo and oh so many others were never real projects, only
concepts in search of investors.<br>
There are NO viable vertical axis turbines (VAWTS) on the
market....just expensive lawn art.<br>
<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>
Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message,
a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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<div dir="ltr">RUN from the room when it comes to the Kohilo! This
ole boy is in my backyard and I'm currently trying to clean up
one of their projects. They kinda went the way of Wind Tamer,
whereas they had to add solar to meet their output claims.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning fellow wrenchers. There is a
newer Wind turbine company based in the North East
called Kohilo Wind. Link below</p>
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<p><a href="http://kohilowind.com/about-kohilo-wind/"
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<p>thx</p>
<p>peter Giroux</p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roy Butler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:33 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Wind Turbine</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ron and John and all,<br>
<br>
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 href="https://sd-windenergy.com/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">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>
<br>
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. <br>
<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! </p>
<pre>Roy Butler</pre>
<pre>Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC</pre>
<pre>8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807</pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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 a Pika </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
resurrected. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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 else. </p>
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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. </p>
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