Thanks to all who pitched in and responded to my request for help on the Whisper!
Turned out that the problem lay in the down tower wiring. Two legs were shorting to ground. Measuring the voltage of each leg to ground should have provided me with 0V, but I was reading voltage to ground on two of the three legs. I had checked continuity of the down tower wires to ground, but the results did not highlight the presence of a short so I thought the cable was good to go. It wasn't. The short blew the Whisper Controller (as well as a second AMP meter that I had installed). Those familiar will appreciate that we had an old Easy-Wire Power System from World Power Technologies Inc. that we could pull out of retirement. With a new cable and an old charge controller the Whisper is back in action. Thanks to all for your time and suggestions! Matt Sherald PIMBY: Power In My BackYard NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® m...@getpimby.com (304) 704-5943 www.getpimby.blogspot.com www.getpimby.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Taylor" <wind.trai...@gmail.com> To: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:19:56 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SWWP Whisper 200 - looking for a short to ground. Hi Ron, Alan, and everyone else... There were good suggestions provided, so I didn't jump in. I was traveling also, so got into this discussion late. But, I'm usually available (and almost always willing) to provide whatever knowledge support I can for Whisper products. Parts will be a problem, but I don't mind direct contact if someone has questions about the turbines, setup and configuration, troubleshooting, etc. So, feel free to make note of my direct, person email address. On a side note, in case anyone didn't hear, Xzeres purchased the IP and rights to the Skystream turbine. They didn't inherit the warranties on prior sales, but at least they have good support staff (like Therese, who used to be the Senior Tech Support Rep at SWWP) and they have parts for sale. And, of course, Air support is available through Primus Wind Power. For Whisper, your stuck with volunteer support... but I will try. Ross _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
