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[a-w-h] Re: AIR 303 & High Winds   Message List  
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[a-w-h] Re: AIR 303 & High Winds

In message <b3d84320010210047dad@[194.72.197.52]>, hugh piggott
<hugh.piggott@...> writes
>The blade noise can be pretty loud, but the alternator makes a fair old
>droning noise too, whic dominates at lower windspeeds. This is due to the
>unequal balance of the phases. This imbalance is a special feature, unique
>to the AIR, which improves the shape of the power/speed curve of the
>alternator.

Yes, I've heard that noise as well. When I had a 303 attached to my
house, the house itself acted as an amplifier and the droning noise was
everywhere.

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Regards, Graham Chiu



Thu Aug 12, 1999 7:34 pm

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Hey everybody, Well, I've finally had a major problem with my AIR 303. Yesterday evening we had a thunderstorm roll through and of course it was accompanied...
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Jul 21, 1999
10:01 pm

Corey, ... Sorry to hear it. I believe that the latest blades will regulate the power more successfully than the older ones. At least now you'll have some...
hugh piggott
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Jul 22, 1999
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Sorry everybody for the duplicate posting earlier. I was having troubles sending to the list. << How loud was it during this process???? Anybody get any...
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Jul 22, 1999
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Someone on this list maintains field info and upkeep logs on his/her website about Air's...could someone post the link ? james...
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Jul 26, 1999
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Hi Corey, It's been a week w/o your Air. I know what it's like not to have a turbine, and have said before that reliability is just about everything to...
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Jul 29, 1999
11:33 am

Hi everybody, Well, yesterday my AIR 303 was at my doorstep. The machine was down for 19 days while being sent back to Southwest Windpower in Arizona,...
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Aug 10, 1999
10:22 pm

Corey, Check the blade edges for bits left behind from the molding process. I have a new AIR 403 demo unit that I am borrowing from AWEA, and I noticed that...
Jeff Gilbert
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Aug 11, 1999
1:01 pm

AIR blades incorporate well the basics for quiet operation at high TSR, which basics few manufacturers are going to discuss with you, because we all have our...
Elliott Bayly
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Aug 12, 1999
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In message <001801bee464$9de3ff20$0501a8c0@...>, Elliott Bayly <elliott@...> writes ... I disagree about the 'primarily'...
Graham Chiu
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Aug 12, 1999
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... .. ... .. The blade noise can be pretty loud, but the alternator makes a fair old droning noise too, whic dominates at lower windspeeds. This is due to the...
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Aug 12, 1999
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In message <b3d84320010210047dad@[194.72.197.52]>, hugh piggott <hugh.piggott@...> writes ... Yes, I've heard that noise as well. When I had a 303...
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