Kurt,
I had a Bergey Xl.1 grid tied through an OutBack GFX2524 for a couple
years as a demo project at my home/office. It worked fine. I did
not keep track of production because I had it on a 40' tower in a
poor wind site. I've since sold the turbine and inverter. I'm still
looking for a small replacement demo turbine that I'm comfortable
recommending to customers.
take care,
Randy Brooks
Brooks Solar, Inc.
Solar Power for People
140 Columbia View
Chelan, WA 98816
509-682-9646
ra...@brookssolar.com
www.BrooksSolar.com
On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Kurt Albershardt wrote:
--On Monday, December 22, 2008 6:23 PM -0500 Roy Butler <r...@four-
winds-energy.com> wrote:
In a nutshell.....this unit is not ready for prime time yet. Lots
of bugs and glitches.
Not to mention much lower than expected energy production.
--On Monday, December 22, 2008 5:13 PM -0700 Louis Woofenden
<lo...@woofenden.net> wrote:
We've installed a couple of Skystream units here in southern
Arizona. We know the tilt-up tower works quite well--we've had to
bring each unit down 2-3 times for various problems with
electronics. Added to this was SWWP's extremely poor customer
service. They took several days to even call us back, didn't send
promised parts, etc. Of course, these two installation sites are
one and two hours from our shop. We had one customer who was just
about ready to throw the unit in the back of his truck,
and drive it the five hours up to Flagstaff.
It looks slick, the installation was no problem, but if it doesn't
work reliably, none of that really matters, in my opinion. I was
hoping SWWP would get this one right, but I don't think it's there
yet.
Given the long and well documented SWWP history, I was afraid of this.
Has anyone successfully coupled a Bergey Xl.1 to a grid-tie?
Anything else to recommend in the 1-5 kW range?
thanks...
Might have something to do with those little fence posts they call
towers ;-)
And that Smart foundation only works on towers 60' or less.
Too short for most sites and not a good height for energy
production anyway.
Believe me.....most of us would love to see plug and play/ modular
tower
and turbine systems but there's no such beast yet!
Best advice......take a wait and see approach.
Roy Butler
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46
Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747
www.four-winds-energy.com
www.nationalsolarsupply.com
Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a
large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
Kurt Albershardt wrote:
Anyone have realworld experience with the SWWP Skystream 3.7 they
can
share?
The AnemErgonics foundation kit looks fairly well thought out.
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