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I realized that China gets more money with US shoppers having the internet and our computers.... so no EMP from there...certain middle east folks might behave more that way....

So its good to read of these "adventures". OUR Glitch was weird and can someone weigh in on it? As far as I can tell the water in the sump crock got so cold the sump pump had a starting problem and tripped a safety. In the attached monitor screenshot you see the pump kick on about once an hour...

Was also looking for soft start but for sump pump motor surges. Ended up going to a much smaller pump. Runs longer though- no free lunch with Mr Newton.

I ran across this in my notes this weekend......COULD THIS WORK?? Light bulbs were once used in the day to keep PA drivers from blowing. The resisted soft start is bypassed by a delay timer right after a "diffused' surge through the light bulb

am using 2/0 and we get a 1V drop at 185' wire length (2/0 aluminum, so same as 1/0 copper essentially) 48v turbine. so far never witnessed over 30 V

I have one 3 phase AC. You can get voltage across either lead plus the common. must find the common with voltmeter two pairs sharing a common. Mine aren't marked on the chinglish machine.

NOT yet. Just put it up yesterday. Lotsa steps and drama cause its off the road and we needed lifts etc. PLUS the MPPT controller that arrived is defective. So I will publish stats soon. HOWEVER so far- not noisy at all so far and its Southwest Wind Power predecessors were rather loud in gusts...

Hi all. so this summer we did a storm damage replacement which ended with adding a new wind turbine and 4th charge controller. I extended the old wind tower from 52' height to 65'. Idea is for night time charging. We tried this 20 years ago with a pair of Air 403's and it didn't work so well...

OK HERE IS THE VIDEO ALL DONE!!!!!!!!! Video of tower and new installation

good thread here too https://diysolarforum.com/threads/my-flickering-led-problem-is-finally-solved.73142/

Flickering. Just read many threads here. Some say its the lights, some the voltage. I think either way we didn't notice it with incandescent due to the time the glowing filament remained hot between surges or dips.... thoughts?

mostly haircuts so we can keep the animals below happy as well as retain some privacy...one forum guy said "I trim my trees at the grass" I liked that. Pic is current haircut state, will fell 3 large surrounding trees after the push to get the turbine up before winter is done. Then again in 5-7...

so at 100/ft the tower is 64',so maybe 60 well hole @ '100/ft= $6000.00 Add in rack and pinion or some such gear lifting mechanism, that canm femain submerged for the 15 year expected life of the turbine... priceless. Wiring, lift or gear or pulley motor and devices. waterproof fittings ...

water table is at about 5'.....

SNEAK PREVIEW That's me taking the old T-Mast down a couple of weeks ago....

HELLO! after some talks and lurks and tears and jerks, we've decided on this to replace our storm damaged good ol' trooper AIR 403'S here is the unboxing. The unit is very solidly built (at least what you can see). I was pleasantly surprised. The factory didn't tell me it came with a diversion...

well we threw down for the tumo-int. 1kw 5 blade. kind of pumped. raising tower 10 more feet.

google wiring unlimited.pdf that's the one

Replacing a small wind turbine. Hi I have a 100' run from tower to battery room (160' total wire length) System is 24V. The wire run is mostly buried 2/0 aluminum. I was thinking of using a 48V turbine to help with the voltage drop my logic being that some panels get up above 48V and the MPPP...

maybe so but it's alarming as if something was beginng to fail

thanks I ohm Grateful for your input

Hi All. Getting the occasional over current trip from the TRACE SW 4024 inverter. Manual for it claims 33A normal with 78A peak (output) I do not think we get a draw of over 40 AMPS even with surges. Especiall with a newer low surge sump pump. While I look for the culprit, WHICH is the 40...

Well th OP must be innoculated or something.. I'll jump in too. Looking at istabreeze 1500w. Currently have 2 Air 403's (Simolar to Primus Air 40). 1- Don't assume that when you have no sun you'll have plenty of wind. SOOOOO TRUE 2- Not only is wind unreliable but wind turbines in general tend...

More batteries but good plan. Schneider if better for surge is likely a good consideration we use Trace (t think same company as schneider?) CAUTION. once in a bazillion times your compressors and motors will all hit at once -it will happen. there is the surge that you want to protect from. If...

We use panels-need a night time trickle extra for winter, no rivers so its wind.... they have a money back and it looks like what they build now is pretty well engineered, however an actual review like yours carries weight. I remember when "panasonic" came out in the 70's. real junk electronics...

So. Replacing two Air 403's with a single larger unit, looking seriously at iSTA BREEZE from Turkey, as Tumo from Japan. Does anyone have exp. with either? Goal is medium to low wind 200-600 watt supplemental charger, so prob 1500 watt unit is plenty....... thanks

well over time, about 10 months, the plastic was found in our yard. i went up to see about re attaching it and, because the light was right, I for the first time saw that here is another layer of clear over the broken tempered glass. It has THANKFULLY kept the water out. i had assumed the...

I also trim my trees from the ground, one cut at the base and the problem is solved ?. IT'S A Comin'

they are definitely a learned feeling, however at 550 a day for a lift I just want to be able to trim trees as they grow back, and I can work from there with a pole saw. Last time i was up there without a lift just a ladder it was not fun.

Hi. so we have been talking and laughing about the trick of tilting down small towers (50-100') for service. I must repair after storms so here is what i think i want to so -retrofit while I have the lift and am changing from two turbines on a "T "mast down to one larger unit YES THE TREES ARE...

JUST STARTED NEW THREAD ABOUT GETTING UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER PLEASE PARTICIPATE DIDNT WANT TO HIJACK search " Adding a man lift/ service lift to a backyard tower" in the wind forum https://diysolarforum.com/threads/adding-a-man-lift-service-lift-to-a-backyard-tower.67653/

good lord guys what a "discussion" I think you are all( almost all) right .I have been doing wind for 19/20 years, and can say this compared to solar it sucks, but unless you live near a stream, river, waterfall, geyser or something with motion its one of the few ways to create power in the...

Ok. This configuration was setup 18 months ago as a 4x2 unit. A month later we added one more battery to each bank. 5 is max recommended for balance reasons (in some circles). System has been very good. Sometime this spring they seemed "off" so I began a manual balance (I do every 6 mos), and...

Hi. Tired of manual balancing last time I looked (2022) I didn't find a passive balancer for my battery configuration. Is anyone aware of a solution? It's like this illustration but with five 12V per bank not four. THANKS