This is from Ross Taylor trainer for SWWP.
I was reviewing the Sunforce product for a comparison and found that their installation manual for their Sunforce 600 Watt turbine contains material which appears to have been taken (without permission) from our Air-X (now Air 30) manual. This is especially sensitive to me/us as we used to package our Air-x turbine in Sunforce boxes for sale through their distribution network. They, without notice, quit ordering our turbine and replaced our product in their lineup with an imported turbine. So, to see that the manual for their new turbine contains material which is almost (or, in some instances, IS) an exact copy of ours is disturbing. It's so clearly "our" material that I recognized it when reviewing theSunforce turbine manual, even without having them side-by-side. Their manual can be found here: http://sunforceproducts.com/prodinfo/manuals/600WMarineandMPPTManual.pdf Our Air 30 manual can be found here: http://www.windenergy.com/sites/all/files/3-CMLT-1007_Rev_A_Air_30_Manual_1. pdf The relevant sections, which appear to have been taken from our manual, are: Sunforce: Page 3, the graphic showing turbine 20 feet above the house is ours but altered (see Air 30 manual, page 9) Sunforce: Page 5, their wire size charts are exact copies of ours (see Air 30 manual, page 17) Sunforce: Page 14, the maintenance instructions are word-for-word copies in some cases (see Air 30 manual, page 25) Sunforce: Page 15, Section 8 (cont'd on page 16) regarding batteries (see Air 30 manual, page 19) Sunforce: Page 17, portions of the grounding text are word-for-word copies and the image is an exact copy (see Air 30 manual, page 21) There may be other instances, as well, but this was what I observed in a quick comparison Thanks Dana Orzel - Great Solar Works, Inc - E - d...@solarwork.com - V 970.626.5253 F - 970.626.4140 C - 970.209.4076 web - www.solarwork.com "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" P Please consider the environment before printing this email
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