<div dir="ltr">Hi Laura<div><br></div><div>Roy is correct. Altho, there is a company that is now selling the Skystream again and is supporting older machines with parts.</div><div> It is still a bad investment.</div><div><br></div><div>The new "SkyStream" company has a ton of hype and that should always give you pause.</div><div><br></div><div>Glass is Cheap!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 12:55\u202fPM Roy Butler via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<font size="2">Hi Laura,<br>
<br>
That turbine was always questionable at best. <br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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 cols="72">Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747
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<div>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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