Can't spin in the right direction

We took the entire break assembly off and the turbine still does not move in the direction the wind would take it without brute force.  It does move freely in the opposite direction however.

On the next nice day we are going to attempt to turn the blades around and see if we can squeeze a few more KWH out of it in the reverse direction.



Does anyone have any other low or no cost  ideas?

Clanking noise problem followed by no rotation of blades

 We’ve had the weirdest problem lately. The wind turbine starts making a clanking noise and then when wind dies off it won’t start again without taking the tower down.  Once the tower is down, everything seems good with breaks off blades turn freely.  Once back up and running a while, clanking/scrapping noise comes back.   Strange thing this is that you would think clanking would be worse at high speed rotation, but it seems to be less frequent or loud at high speeds. 

For a few days were were getting a blank white screen on the HMI too, but power cycling it seemed to fix it for while. 

Anyone have any ideas what it could be causing this noise?  Scott said if it was the bearings the noise would track with the speed of rotation, but it does not.  Each time we take it down, it looks okay in side. After being down it works again for a while.

Right now the HMI shows all is well, it is tracking wind, breaks are off, but the blades will not turn at all no matter what the wind speed is.

We’ll take it down again when we get a chance and we’ll video tape the clanking noise.

December  results were terrible due to this issue.

Dec      28 KWH

Nov     138 KWH

Oct      200 KWH

Storm Warnings for your Wind Turbine

Sorry it has been so long.  My Job that pays has been taking up more than it's fair share of my life. I promise more posts later this month.   My turbine is still spinning ( knock on wood sound effect) . 

FYI - if there is a storm coming - Turn off your Wind turbine. If the power goes off while in a wind gust you are very much in danger of losing control of the turbine.  The physical breaks alone can't stop the blades at the highest speeds.

Calling all ReDriven Wind Turbine Owners . . .

Introducing

Sustaining Your ReDriven  (Our new Website)

Redriven is no long going to provide any support or parts, so it is time for us to work together to keep our turbines going.  I've started a new collaborative site called "Sustaining your ReDriven."

Just send me your email address if you would like to be a contributor or if let me know if you have a question / answer and I can post it for you.

Scott Fouts scott.fouts@yahoo.com has offered to help with the answers. He was a one of if not the best Redriven tech.  He is willing to help people get their Redriven wind turbines going.  Of course for time and materials.

So far I've got a few questions, and even fewer answers but it is start!  You're are not alone with your very large lawn ornament there is hope.


Let me know what you think!

Wind turbine One Year Results 2,957 KWH

This our second year as a wind turbine owners, but our first year running constantly. 

The total produced for the year was 2,957KWH.

Here is graph of the power by month.

Here is the wind for that same year broken two 1/2 2011 and 1/2 2012
This was not a great year for wind as you can see below.

Some support options Redriven owners

Mark Mayhew from NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority stopped by Thursday evening. He said there are two vendors nearby that will service Redriven wind turbines for time and materials.


Alternative Power Solutions of NY, LLC
http://www.apsofny.com/
Northwood Business Center, suite 101
6780 Northern Blvd
East Syracuse, NY 13029
Owen Pugh or Conor Kays
315.314.6930
ophugh@apsfny.com


And

Pyrus Energy, Inc.
2737 Erie Drive
Weedsport, NY 13166
James Marshal
315-834-6687
info@pyrusenergy.com

May Results

Here are the results for the May

161KWH
Average wind speed 6.2 mph

Selling Redriven Parts?  Let me know what you are selling.