[RE-wrenches] Wind Turbine
Ray
ray at solarray.com
Thu Jul 9 14:53:31 EDT 2020
Does anyone have experience with APRS's WT10 turbine? They've been
around for along time, but I've not tried that turbine.
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760
On 7/9/20 8:04 AM, John Blittersdorf wrote:
> Chris,
> Thanks for the reality check on Kohilo. I just tried to get info
> from them asking for a power curve. No response. If a wind turbine
> manufacturer can't provide even a rudimentary power curve chart, then
> it doesn't work. //I made one for my first homemade wind turbine
> simply by watching the anemometer and wattage at different
> windspeeds for awhile and writing down the numbers I was seeing and
> then draw the graph. Wind always cooperates and gives constantly
> changing speeds.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 9:35 AM Chris Schaefer
> <chris at solarandwindfx.com <mailto:chris at solarandwindfx.com>> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Christopher
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 9:06 AM <pgiroux at mindspring.com
> <mailto:pgiroux at mindspring.com>> wrote:
>
> Morning fellow wrenchers. There is a newer Wind turbine
> company based in the North East called Kohilo Wind. Link below
>
> http://kohilowind.com/about-kohilo-wind/
>
> thx
>
> peter Giroux
>
> *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>> *On Behalf
> Of *Roy Butler
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:33 AM
> *To:* re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
> <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Wind Turbine
>
> Ron and John and all,
>
> 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
> the grapevine that they may have a 1kW in the near future.
> Price is a bit high but they are solid machines.
> https://sd-windenergy.com/
>
> Other folks have been using the Braun turbine out of Germany
> but that's really spendy.
>
> 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
> and last I heard it's now owned by a Chinese company.....buyer
> beware!
>
> 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
> 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
> screaming from the room on those.
>
> 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
> moved to solar installations to help support our wind habit
> and decreased wind sales put many turbine manufacturers out of
> business.
>
> Anyway, best of luck on your search and if you find something
> and care to run it by me off list please do so!
>
> Roy Butler
>
> Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
>
> 8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
>
> 607-324-9747www.four-winds-energy.com <http://www.four-winds-energy.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message,
>
> a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7/8/2020 6:55 AM, John Blittersdorf wrote:
>
> 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
>
> 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’m hanging on a glimmer of hope that the turbine
> production could be resurrected.
>
> Otherwise, the only new turbine I have installed is a 1 kw
> SuperWind, made in Germany. It is on a 40’ 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’t 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’t have any data on how much the dump load has
> interacted with the controller. This is a high wind site.
> I’m 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’t
> found one yet myself. Let me know If you find anything else.
>
> Wind Wrenches out there. ... respond !
>
> John Blittersdorf
>
> CV Wind Service
>
> John.blittersdorf at gmail.com
> <mailto:John.blittersdorf at gmail.com>
>
> 802-770-8625
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 4:08 AM Ron Young
> <solareagle at solareagle.com
> <mailto:solareagle at solareagle.com>> wrote:
>
> Looking for recommendations on a wind turbine from the
> Wrenches. Wondering what people are liking out there
> right now. I know it’s 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.
>
> Ron
>
> earthRight Products - Solareagle.com
> <http://Solareagle.com>
>
> Alternative Energy Solutions ~ Renewable Energy Products
>
> 1-877-925-2929
>
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