Had two up and running (24v versions) for 3 years. Only had first failure a few days ago. Would'nt brake in high winds as slip ring shot. Otherwise, a tremendous generator. Disassembled and inside was like brand new. I run mine into a 12v battery bank which has yielded good results. Bearings are reasonably straightforward to change. Mine seemed fine apart from one of the vertical ( 6008 c3 type ) yaw bearings. SKF/FAG replacements are only a few pounds each so worth changing them while the machine is in bits. Thing to watch out for is the slip ring.
@@DirtyDogAcres any energy data yet? I'm always keen to hear about how many kWh a turbine produces. There's a lot of videos showing amps or watts during high winds but I've yet to find one that details the actually energy thier turbine is producing over a meaningful time period. Thanks!
@Altenurgy I need to qualify a few things before any numbers or thoughts.... one, the turbine needs to be up another 10ft atleast, two I don't belive I have the set points set correctly, third who knows lol ;) ....OK here goes: At anything less the 12 mph it's just a trickle charger at best. Once it gets between 12 and 20 mph it really starts putting out a lot of power. On a good windy day it will put out a avg of 2 to 5 kwh that's a 24 hour period... that is a very subjective figure at this time. Please check in every once in a while to see how it's going... Overall I'm not sure it's was worth the effort, but then again I need to fix the issues and see how it goes then.
@@guy4698 Thanks for sharing. Judging from near treeless terrain I seen surrounding you I'm not sure sure I'd worry much about getting it up higher. I suspect 10' wouldn't do much but that's only a guess. How much time does the turbine spend "hunting" for the wind? Not sure that's the official term but the more time your turbine spends moving around trying to get lined up with the wind then that's a possible an indicator that it needs to get higher and hopefully into cleaner wind. As you've already gathered it's probably better to never spend another dime on it and buy more solar but solar panels aren't as fun to watch!
@Altenurgy Happy new year!... I would say about a third of the time it is bouncing around... I'm going to add a lower tail to it and see what happens... Raising it will probably help with the localized dirty wind cause by the house and utility building... thxs for watching
Had two up and running (24v versions) for 3 years. Only had first failure a few days ago. Would'nt brake in high winds as slip ring shot. Otherwise, a tremendous generator. Disassembled and inside was like brand new. I run mine into a 12v battery bank which has yielded good results. Bearings are reasonably straightforward to change. Mine seemed fine apart from one of the vertical ( 6008 c3 type ) yaw bearings. SKF/FAG replacements are only a few pounds each so worth changing them while the machine is in bits. Thing to watch out for is the slip ring.
merry good to know, thxs for the tip, and for watching
Iam hearing good things about this turbine.
I will put this one up here on the Nevada property in the next few months... So much to do when boot strapping a new homestead.. thxs for watching !!!
I'll look forward more updates.
thx you for watching my adventures... Will be recording some longer videos as I have time ...
@@DirtyDogAcres any energy data yet? I'm always keen to hear about how many kWh a turbine produces. There's a lot of videos showing amps or watts during high winds but I've yet to find one that details the actually energy thier turbine is producing over a meaningful time period. Thanks!
@Altenurgy I need to qualify a few things before any numbers or thoughts.... one, the turbine needs to be up another 10ft atleast, two I don't belive I have the set points set correctly, third who knows lol ;) ....OK here goes: At anything less the 12 mph it's just a trickle charger at best. Once it gets between 12 and 20 mph it really starts putting out a lot of power. On a good windy day it will put out a avg of 2 to 5 kwh that's a 24 hour period... that is a very subjective figure at this time. Please check in every once in a while to see how it's going... Overall I'm not sure it's was worth the effort, but then again I need to fix the issues and see how it goes then.
@@guy4698 Thanks for sharing. Judging from near treeless terrain I seen surrounding you I'm not sure sure I'd worry much about getting it up higher. I suspect 10' wouldn't do much but that's only a guess. How much time does the turbine spend "hunting" for the wind? Not sure that's the official term but the more time your turbine spends moving around trying to get lined up with the wind then that's a possible an indicator that it needs to get higher and hopefully into cleaner wind. As you've already gathered it's probably better to never spend another dime on it and buy more solar but solar panels aren't as fun to watch!
@Altenurgy Happy new year!... I would say about a third of the time it is bouncing around... I'm going to add a lower tail to it and see what happens... Raising it will probably help with the localized dirty wind cause by the house and utility building... thxs for watching
Please no more still photos good Info keep music low
Pretty much stopped the stills and music a while ago ;) thxs for watching and commenting