Of the other 2 or 3. PIKAs you installed are you aware of any failures? I installed one at my place and had to sell it to one of' my customers when I found out that they were sold out, not aware that they were not going to make any more. It worked great for me and is still running fine at my customers' high elevation home site. I get a lot of requests for a similar sized turbine but can't find anything. I'm still trying to get in contact with a Florida distributor of the Bornay 1.5 kw 2 blade turbine which is the only one I can find in the weight and price range to go on old Bergy XL.1 towers. I really liked the Pika as it was extremely quiet, no problem with a 1000' power run with the high voltage DC output, good monitoring and excellent voltage control. I was planning to add solar at the wind site as that wind site was also the best solar site on my property. I still have the PV link. I'm giving a small wind workshop at the Energy Fair in Custer and once again having a hard time finding a reliable wind turbine to recommend. Almost all my current customers are off grid and wind power really helps in our New England winter. About half of my XL.1 installs are still running but the noise level is an issue on several and they have to shut them down to keep the neighbors happy during significant wind events. Any suggestions?
John Blittersdorf NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional™ CV Wind Service (and solar) 200 West Road N Chittenden, VT 05763 802-770-8625 www.offgridvermont.com On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 10:56 PM Jeremy Rodriguez <allsolarjer...@msn.com> wrote: > We installed 5 or 6 in Colorado. > I know of 3 still operating > > > Jeremy Rodriguez > Solar Installation / Design > All Solar, Inc. > 1453 M St. > Penrose Colorado 81240 > > Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand. > > On May 29, 2024, at 6:45 PM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > > > Thanks Dan for the suggestion > Anyone out there know of a PIKA T701 wind turbine currently flying. > Supposedly 100 were made and there may be 20 or more in Alaska but I only > know of 2 in Vermont and would like to hear from other users. > > John Blittersdorf > > NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional™ > > CV Wind Service (and solar) > > 200 West Road > > N Chittenden, VT 05763 > > 802-770-8625 > > www.offgridvermont.com > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > 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 > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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