Hi Mac I have had a similar experience. But I am not saying the same. The turbine has a nacelle that splits to furl. When we took down to repair the pivot pin hole in the case was so worn it needed to be re-bored and fitted with a bushing. I could not find a machine shop to do it because the Nacelle has no alignment fixtures. The yaw bearing was also bad. I reported to the customer and suggested he check with Pika as they had a small turbine that might work. I do not know what the customer ended up doing, I think he just added more solar.
On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems < la...@starlightsolar.com> wrote: > Mac, > > A company called Luminous Renewable Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. had taken > over the SWWP line. My last email with them was in 2013. I notice that > their website is not up but perhaps they sold or changed something. > > http://www.luminousrenewable.com/ > email r...@luminousrenewable.com > > Larry Crutcher > Starlight Solar Power Systems > > > > > > > On Mar 7, 2018, at 12:42 PM, Mac Lewis <maclew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello wrenches, > > I have a client with an older Whisper 200, 1 kW wind turbine. We didn't > install this but have taken over the site maintenance since the original > installer left town. The site recently experienced prolonged relatively > high winds for 3-4 days. After that, he went out and noticed that the tail > is stuck in the side-furling position. > > <image.png> > > > > > I'm not very familiar with this turbine or wind turbines in general, but > looking at a manual, it looks like we may need a new bushing or maybe even > a new casting. Does anyone have any idea where I could order parts for > this turbine? Is there a suitable replacement turbine we should be looking > at? At last check, the turbine was putting out good power and passed all > electrical checks. > > Thanks in advance for your expertise > > > Mac Lewis > > "Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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