Dan, You're right, I smell something and it's not a rose!
I was told that the Sunforce is a Chinese product. There is nothing certified on or in that turbine and I would not touch it with a 10' pole....or even a 10 meter tower ;-) I had not heard anything about a SWWP/ Sunforce relationship..... Interesting...thanks for the info.....I'll start digging for more. Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer® 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 Join us at the 8th Annual Small Wind Conference A Gathering of Installers, Manufacturers, Dealers,& Distributors June 12 and 13, 2012 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin www.smallwindconference.com Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 4/3/2012 8:24 PM, Dan Fink wrote:
Esteemed Wrenches; I've been watching this thread closely, and I'm thinking something is really fishy about the Sunforce turbine....distributed by Coleman (camp stoves, sleeping bags, lanterns) and also distributed by Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, Target, Radio Shack, Kmart, Fry's, West Marine, Northern Tool.... I'm too busy right now to do any investigative journalism. The "400" looks like a Southwest Wind Power product, but I can't tell. The "600" appears to be a Chinese turbine, like so many we have seen before. Fishy things: ~ Sunforce company website and docs do not show any UL or CE listing for the included MPPT controller, nor any country of manufacture; ~ reviews on Amazon saying the Sunforce is really "Made in USA" by "Southwest Wind Power." Shills? ~ Mutally-linking advertising / sales drive / link spam websites not related to either Sunforce or SWWP that extoll the virtues of the Sunforce, quoting each other, some even using the name "Sunforce Whisper"; Is there an official rep from SWWP on this list? It would be interesting to hear if the Sunforce turbines are really made by SWWP in the USA. If not -- SWWPs legal department has some work cut out for them. I may have made a misjudgement here -- but I doubt it! Smells like snake oil, and I bet all of the wind power professionals on this site have a keen nose for rotten fish,
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