The system (ARI-750) is working very well. Is not at the final place but is producing a lot of energie. In last few days the large resistor was always hot. I have 4 batteries, about 300A/h, but it is not enought.
Today the wind turbine is stopped by itself since we have about 100Km/h.
Regards,
Marco Dutra
Portugal
This is by far the best system!!!! The windmill is quiet, don't even hear it run, unlike my brothers which makes a whinning sound!!!! The charge controller lets you monitor the whole system with a quick look at wind, solar and batteries. It is Great... If you are looking for the best hybrid system out there, look no further!!!!!
GREG,
Northern Ontario
CANADA
Actually I have had so much wind here that the turbine has charged my batteries till the diversion load comes on. It was kind of interesting. The volts go all the way up to 58 then you hear a whin for maybe one second like the heater is coming on and it zaps the volts back down to 55 or 56.
Troy
Red Oak
Texas
I have a little wind farm with 5 wind turbines. I have some bad icing conditions this winter. All my turbines, except the ARI, have iced up and don't work properly. The ice gets into the inside of the generators and stops the generators from turning, and also the surface of the blades ice up and lose balance. So far, the ARI hasn't given any problems and keeps my batteries from freezing.
Dave
Ontario
Canada
The ARI turbine is indeed running quite well. I am surprised how quiet it is. I observed it during 50-70km/h winds today. In this kind of wind my previous rotors would spin, howl, moan and whistle like a jet engine. But ARI wind turbine has been surprisely quiet.
Lars
Alberta
Canada
Yesterday, I finished the completion of my ARI wind solar system I purchased through you. I shouldn't say purchased, the price was so outstanding that I should say accquired. Either way the wife loves it to the point of wanting another but larger system, already neighbors stop and ask questions, It's safe to say the overwhelming majority have never seen a wind solar system and have no ideal that they exist. They like the idea that at least someone (a neighbor) is taking action as to this nation's oil based power structure.
Back to the wife, she loves the idea of "free" water for her garden. I configured the system to provide all the power for a 62 foot water well which I recently installed for her garden. Additionally, she enjoys the hot water in our house she now calls free. I installed, a 24 volt heating element in the lower section of the house water heater but left the upper element at 208 Volts, turned the associated (208) thermostat down such that the wind solar system provides the heat for the house.
Technically, I am in the process of acquiring a ground controlled device to install on top of the tower to lower and raise the wind turbine when extreme weather is around, perhaps two to three times a year.
Let me know more about your dealer/distributor arrangements, I know at the very least I would like additional solar panels and if avallable a larger wind turbine.
Thanks
Tom Morris
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
We only had one of the ARI 450 wind turbines up when Hurricane Dolly came thru in July. The eye of the storm was real close to us, as we are about 60 miles from the coast. We averaged about 70 mph winds for about 8 hours, with some gusts up to 90 to 100 mph. The turbine was on the entire time without any problems, but at the same time we did lose 5 large trees that completly blew over pulling the roots out of the ground.
We now have 4 of the windturbines up in the air and have not had any problems to date with any of them.
Harvey Lieser
Elsa, Texas 78543