<div dir="ltr">Wind Wrenchers,<div> I have been searching the internet extensively in search of a replacement and improvement for the Bergey XL.1. Now that they are no longer available, I have stooped to looking at anything that spins, looks like the blades may stay on, a company that has been around for awhile, has at least 5 reviews, and has a decent power curve. So far I have found two. The SuperWind 1kw made in Germany is a strong, well made unit, designed for mountaintop communications sites. Power production is modest but it has survived two winters atop a 2800' mountain in Vermont. As the site is solar and generator powered and load is a modest 350 watts 24/7, it has done very well reducing the generator time and saving lots of propane and ATV or snowmobile trips up the mountain with 100 lb cylinders. We have it on a 45' 4" diameter tilt up tower custom made from Bergey and NRG tower parts. The only problem has been icing events where we have seen up to 2 weeks with no wind power after an icing event. The nacelle and nose cone clearance is paper thin, where ice can collect. The unit is all white so maybe a dark color would have melted off sooner. Price for just the turbine, controller and dump load was around $7 or $8K.</div><div> The other one I just ordered and hope it works. It is a 1000 watt TUMO-INT 3 blade furling tail 48v turbine with controller and dump load. The power curve is slightly better than the XL.1 It was on sale on Amazon for $999.00. I should have it in 3 weeks and will report if it works. It is about the same weight as the Bergey XL.1. I have an 85' NRG tilt up tower on the ground waiting for a new turbine. I had a PIKA 1.6kw for a year and a half and it worked great but had to sell it to one of my customers when PIKA stopped making them. It is still running fine at my customers place. </div><div> What I really want is for the PIKA to be put back in production. It was a perfect off grid supplement with no issues that I could see. </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Liberation Serif",serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial;Helvetica;sans-serif",serif">John Blittersdorf</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Liberation Serif",serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial;Helvetica;sans-serif",serif"><a href="http://www.offgridvermont.com">www.offgridvermont.com</a></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:56 AM Chris Worcester <<a href="mailto:chris@solarwindworks.com">chris@solarwindworks.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-4962064109567672808WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Chris,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lake Michigan Wind & Sun made a really good tilt up using 5\u201d pipe sourced locally with their engineered tower kit. Not cheap but you got what you paid for! <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chris Worcester<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Solar Wind Works<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">NABCEP PV Installation Professional<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cell 530-448-9692<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.solarwindworks.com" target="_blank">www.solarwindworks.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:chris@solarwindworks.com" target="_blank">chris@solarwindworks.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Schaefer<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 01, 2021 11:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] guyed tilt up tower suggestions<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">G'day All,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We don't seem to see much on wind these days on the wrenches, so now is the time to blow out some of the cobwebs. Anyway, I'm getting dragged kicking and screaming into a Missouri Raptor 7 blade Freedom 1.6kw offgrid wind project and in search of a tilt up tower. Back in the day it would have come from SWWP but now I haven't a clue. The client already purchased the turbine but if you have any experience with this unit and things to be aware of that would be appreciated as well. System voltage is 48vdc.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Stay healthy my friends,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Christopher-<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Chris Schaefer\u2019s<br></span><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="200" height="40" style="width: 2.0833in; height: 0.4166in;" id="gmail-m_-4962064109567672808_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Solar-Wind-FX-Logo.png"></span></a><br><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Tel/Fax 585-229-2083 or Cell 585-748-1870 <br></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">5115 South Hill Road ~ Canandaigua New York 14424<br><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank">www.solarandwindfx.com</a> ~ E-mail: </span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:chris@solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank">chris@solarandwindfx.com</a></span></i><u></u><u></u></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="200" height="56" style="width: 2.0833in; height: 0.5833in;" id="gmail-m_-4962064109567672808_x0000_i1025" src="http://solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/certs.jpg"></span></i><u></u><u></u></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thomas Jefferson, the author of our great Constitution, once said, "democracy" will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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