Does anyone have experience with APRS's WT10 turbine? They've been
around for along time, but I've not tried that turbine.
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760
On 7/9/20 8:04 AM, John Blittersdorf wrote:
Chris,
Thanks for the reality check on Kohilo. I just tried to get info
from them asking for a power curve. No response. If a wind turbine
manufacturer can't provide even a rudimentary power curve chart, then
it doesn't work. //I made one for my first homemade wind turbine
simply by watching the anemometer and wattage at different
windspeeds for awhile and writing down the numbers I was seeing and
then draw the graph. Wind always cooperates and gives constantly
changing speeds.
John
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 9:35 AM Chris Schaefer
<ch...@solarandwindfx.com <mailto:ch...@solarandwindfx.com>> wrote:
RUN from the room when it comes to the Kohilo! This ole boy is in
my backyard and I'm currently trying to clean up one of their
projects. They kinda went the way of Wind Tamer, whereas they had
to add solar to meet their output claims.
Christopher
On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 9:06 AM <pgir...@mindspring.com
<mailto:pgir...@mindspring.com>> wrote:
Morning fellow wrenchers. There is a newer Wind turbine
company based in the North East called Kohilo Wind. Link below
http://kohilowind.com/about-kohilo-wind/
thx
peter Giroux
*From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
<mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org>> *On Behalf
Of *Roy Butler
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*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Wind Turbine
Ron and John and all,
SD Wind Energy out of Texas is representing what was the
Proven/Kingspan down wind turbines. They have a 3 and 6kW
turbine now but I heard through
the grapevine that they may have a 1kW in the near future.
Price is a bit high but they are solid machines.
https://sd-windenergy.com/
Other folks have been using the Braun turbine out of Germany
but that's really spendy.
The Whisper line was good, then Southwest Wind Power bought
it, they went under, a company from India bought it, then it
went to Japan
and last I heard it's now owned by a Chinese company.....buyer
beware!
Although there are a couple of small turbine manufacturer's in
the US making 1kW to 2kW machines, I am assuming you want
something reliable so
you may want to steer clear of those. I won't name names here.
And of course there are all those tempting units for sale on
Amazon and Ebay....run
screaming from the room on those.
Slim pickings out there, the small wind industry began a rapid
decline back around 2012 when the PV prices started dropping.
Most of us wind weanies
moved to solar installations to help support our wind habit
and decreased wind sales put many turbine manufacturers out of
business.
Anyway, best of luck on your search and if you find something
and care to run it by me off list please do so!
Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747www.four-winds-energy.com
<http://www.four-winds-energy.com>
Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message,
a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
On 7/8/2020 6:55 AM, John Blittersdorf wrote:
Ron, I installed a lot of the Bergey XL.1 until they
stopped production. I just replaced blades on one last
week and my first install of one of the first ones
manufactured in 2001 is still working fine. We took in
down about 10 years ago for preventive maintenance and
replaced the brushes and blades though both were still in
good shape. Most problems have been blades, brushes and a
few tower failures mostly due to customer neglect or
violent storms. I installed a Pika
1.6 kw at my home about 4 years ago and fell in love with
that machine. Pika solved the Blade root attachment
weakness found on the Bergey as well as sound issues and
performance. Unfortunately they stopped production due to
low sales. I ran mine for a year and a half and almost
eliminated my generator in a low wind speed site but att
he same time saw it perform flawlessly in high winds
putting out well over 2500 watts and regulating my
batteries at float with no dump loads needed. I got my
first order for one and called Pika to order one but they
had already stopped production and were not going to make
any more. I had sold a customer a complete upgrade of his
system which included upgrading from a Xantrex SW Plus to
dual Outback inverters, going from 24v to 48v, and
directly replacing his Bergey with a Pika, and new Aquion
batteries. Sine we had already done the rest of the
system, I ended up selling mine to him to keep him happy.
I dearly miss that machine. Since Pika sold out to
Generac, I’m hanging on a glimmer of hope that the turbine
production could be resurrected.
Otherwise, the only new turbine I have installed is a 1 kw
SuperWind, made in Germany. It is on a 40’ tilt up guyed
tower on a mountaintop transmitter site. It has performed
as expected with the only problem being susceptible to
icing and the blade hub freezing to the nacelle. It is
all white so the sun can’t help defrost it. Very nice
workmanship but it also has a controller and dump load In
addition to pitching blades. Similar cost as the Pika.
I don’t have any data on how much the dump load has
interacted with the controller. This is a high wind site.
I’m not sure how it would perform in low winds. We put it
up in November and it survived the winter. If you could
find a used Pika, that would be my choice but I haven’t
found one yet myself. Let me know If you find anything else.
Wind Wrenches out there. ... respond !
John Blittersdorf
CV Wind Service
john.blittersd...@gmail.com
<mailto:john.blittersd...@gmail.com>
802-770-8625
On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 4:08 AM Ron Young
<solarea...@solareagle.com
<mailto:solarea...@solareagle.com>> wrote:
Looking for recommendations on a wind turbine from the
Wrenches. Wondering what people are liking out there
right now. I know it’s a pretty skinny market and lots
of junk but my client would like to replace an aging
model that he has in a low to moderate wind area, not
spend too much money but spend enough to get reliable.
Ideally around 1kW but smaller is ok.
Ron
earthRight Products - Solareagle.com
<http://Solareagle.com>
Alternative Energy Solutions ~ Renewable Energy Products
1-877-925-2929
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