Saturday, June 19, 2010

The blades have arrived

My blades were delivered this week!  The truck couldn't make it up our driveway so my husband had to deliver them to the turbine site in his Tacoma pickup.


The holes on the blades



Don't match the holes on the turbine
I called Redriven  and they said the holes in the blades could be re-drilled to fit. Chris said that 4 holes fit, but I don't see that more than two would fit. He said we could get replacements later with the proper drillings.

Redriven was to call my installer to set up installation, but Rodney hadn't heard that from Redriven yet.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 12:47 AM

    Were the blades shipped from Rural Generation or from ReDriven?

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  2. AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 12:53 AM

    Do you know if Rural Generation has any completely finished and properly operating wind turbines in New York State?

    Are there any satisfied customers anywhere?

    Have you checked the bolt quality/size, etc. for your blades?

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  3. Small WindyJune 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    The blades were shipped from ReDriven.

    Rural Generation as finished a complete project, however National Grid (my power company too) has not connected it to the Grid yet. They won't do it until the Aurora ( the inverter Company ) writes a manual on the disconnect procedure. I hope to be satisfied customer shortly and will post my wind results. I didn't get bolts with the delivery - what should I be looking for as far as quality and size? I also got a narcelle cover delivered this week. (see my next post)

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  4. AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    Drilling holes in those blades does not sound like a great idea. Didn't these guys have problems with blades in the past? I would drill the steel before drilling the fiberglass.I would think that multible holes, drilled close together, would ruin the structural integrity of the fiberglass

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  5. Small WindyJuly 4, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    Redriven has promised to give me new blades later when they have more with the right drillings. This is a new blade design and manufacturer than the earlier blades that had trouble. My installer has seen both and said these are much stiffer and better blades. The part they drilled through was nylon covered in fiberglass.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM

    Very nice project!

    What brand are the blades, and what is the radii?

    (They look like 12' WindMax?)

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  7. Small WindyAugust 12, 2010 at 9:38 PM

    Redriven said these new blades were designed just for them - your right 12 foot radius.

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