Subject: Please and thank you
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:49:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan and Sheila Seakers <dseaker?@yahoo.com>
To: inf?@oicu2.com, inf?@oicu2.com
I bought one of your 600 watt wind mills. Very pleased
and impressed, I want one of your voltage regulators, do you
have expatiated shipping? Please?
Last night I checked the out put of the wind generator
in what seemed to be a 35 mph wind. It was putting out 50 volts
at 20 amps! Need to calm that
baby down fast. Please let me know and I will pay with
paypal and again thanks!
Dan Gendron
Hornet wind turbine testimonial - 9-23-2003
I am one very happy owner of your HT 2 wind turbine. It flew
through the hurricane Isabel flawlessly, as did the SEA charge
controller. This was the first opportunity I have had to see
it
work in high wind conditions. I have only praise for the design,
function, and durability. It is a very quiet turbine, a barely
audible whispering hiss could be heard while standing at the
base of the mast and had no detectable vibration of any kind.
I do not have any testing equipment to give you technical data.
I did wire in an indicator to let me know when the dump load
was being powered. The turbine is on the short mast as you have
advised, with the 6 blade prop, wired into a 12 V DC battery
bank, using the SEA charge controller per your diagram. A no
frills, basic, stock setup. The indicator went off and on as
the batteries were discharged and replenished.
This is a very neighbor friendly wind turbine, its near silent
operation makes it unobtrusive, I painted the blade tips yellow,
as is the body, hub and tail, making it resemble a giant sunflower.
Considering zoning limits, I classify it as a lawn ornament.
My concerns of neighbor complaints were needless, all of them
frequently stop by, look and marvel, waiting for a breeze to
start it turning and ask endless questions about it.
I live just across the river from Washington, DC. The hurricane
here was bad, but could have been much worse. They say a million
people are without power throughout the region and likely will
be for days. I am enjoying adequate power needs for my home.
I have loaned out my portable and backup generators.
I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for the
service and courtesy I have experienced in the email and telephone
communications, and mostly for the first class product you make.
I wish now I had two of them. I am sure in the near future I
will be sending for another.
One thought I did have would be the use of two or more battery
banks, each connected with the SEA charge controllers, using
battery bank Two as the dump load for the first, cascading the
charging power and finally into a standard dump load. I do not
have the reliable wind for this arrangement to adequately test
but wonder if you have tried or considered
this option?
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Carl Johnson
Falls Church, Virginia
aswhy????@eastlink.ca
andrew why????? wrote:
Hey qaz , yes I have a set of your 28" blades
which is why I have purchased more from you. I have spent the
last year doing R&D in my spare time on various products
from you and many other companies on line for small wind and
solar. I have a full time electrical company so my time is limited
to the winter months. Please understand that I am in no way trying
to infringe on your products or your business and the few sales
that I would do in the winter time would not even compare to
the volume you do. With that being said I hope we can keep the
communication between us now that I have your attention. The
29" blades that I purchased from the seller "hi_iq"
are: thinner and have a reverse blade tip pitched back the opposite
to the base hoping to get the blade to yield away from the tower
in higher winds but in fact interferes with the performance of
the blade. With your blades my machine starts at 9 mph and quickly
speeds up to a blur, with hi_iq's blades on my machine it doesn't
start to spin until 14 mph and just sort of "lolly gags
around" giving me no charge. I am using 10si Delco remy
alternators completely stripped and rebuit from scratch with
1" x 2" N50 magnets in my core which gives me huge
power potential but serious cogging issues for the blades to
overcome. My resources are limited and am still looking for a
cheap supplier of special would stators as I don"t have
a stator winder and angling my magnets to overcome the cogging
like yours is not an option with those big magnets jammed in
that little PMA. On another note I think you need to have a discussion
with the sellers that are using your pics of wind turbines to
sell theirs, I have noticed you have built up a good rep it would
be a shame to let other sellers destroy it by using your famous
pics. Anyway I could ramble all night, I have included a pic
of my machine, if you have any questions about anything contact
me and I hope to do a lot of business with you in the near future.
Thanks andrew????
Love these blades you were right, wow can they
turn on, im getting up to 40
volts out of my indiana general dv pm motor,there scarey sometimes,
im
putting it on youtube for all to see, thanks again
NEW AGE Americana - The new look in American
Suburbia - SEE
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Subject: Re: 1 kW Hornet 24 Volt, low 12V
Date: 06-17-06
Good afternoon Bob!
The Hornet I purchased is finally up & flying. I had concerns
with my neighbors regarding the visual aspect & possible
noise if and when the wind decides to blow over our area.
I recall describing my plans for the Hornet's ultimate use in
the Black Rock desert and eventually the windy mountain region
of Costa Rica.
At the moment it's being tested with a portable DC/AC power center.
On the first day of operation, two of our neighbors came over
( one of which I was certain would complain ) had nothing but
praise to share, as well some obvious envy! Others stopped by
to ask how well it produces power and what the costs were to
convert to AC. I'm very pleased with not only your easy build/install
instructions, but the true rugged nature of your design. Plus,
it's much quieter than I anticipated.
Thanks for providing such a great RE product line.
Mark Laucks
Seattle Washington
" My Hornet wind
turbine loves those stormy winter wind days that we get up here
weekly during this time of year. Once it starts blowing it lasts
for several days. Winds are blowing at 110 MPH right now while
I'm writing you this letter. My HT12SC is taking it in stride
but my pole is deflecting backwards about 2 feet in between gusts
so I am going to add guy wires as soon as the weather settles
down some. My highest current reading was 120 amps going to my
12 volt configured L16 / 14x battery bank. The Hornet is just
making far to much power for my controller to handle so I will
have to disconnect for now. Battery is reading 15V+ so the small
50 amp controller just can't keep up with the amperage dump needed.
My 1200 Watt electric heater was running all night long on my
power inverter too. Still reading 15+ volts, way to high. It
did gave me a great idea for heating my whole home and not using
any propane during my wind storms. Do you make any 5000 Watt
diversion loads? People in my wind area would buy them.
I have owned at least
one each of every popular wind turbine made in the past 8 years.
They are all destroyed now. What really surprises me most is
that your Hornet actually keeps makes power during these tremendous
wind storms. Maybe you have found the secret to survivability
in your tough little design here. Since it stays ice free while
spinning it can't load up. Even when we had bad Ice-Storms the
Hornet blades where still spinning nice and clean. In the final
analysis it was the high wind speed protection designs of all
my other broken wind turbines that ironically was the major factor
to their own demise. Ice and snow combined with wicked winds
brought all my other wind turbines down in the end. I think you've
got a really smart concept going here in your Hornet design.
Keep it spinning all the time no matter what. It reminds me of
the spinning glass windows they use on Arctic ice breaker ships.
Spinning glass works extremely well. The rest of the ship can
be an icy mess but that little piece of spinning glass is always
clean no matter how bad things get.
Please send me two more
HT12SC units. Send me a Paypal bill to David????????42@Gmail.???
Many thanks Qaz for all
your help
Sincerely
David Houser"
Subject:
Re: Item #6002150843 - Notification of an Instant Payment Received
fro mau2 (gelatinous@xxxxx.com)
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:13:34 GMT
From: "GWisWatching" <gelatinous@????.com>
To: inf?@oicu2.com
My wife and I liked the first "slow"
generator so much we wanted another one for the top of my ham
radio tower. If you could please be sure to send the tracking
number like last time. It helped since my wife was home that
day to receive the package.
The first generator is up and flying
at about 50 feet and it does live up to your description.
Thanks!
George
Subject: Hello, again, from Minnesota
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:43:49 -0500
From:"Pfeifer, Eric A., M.D." <Pfeifer.Eri?@mayo.edu>
To: "'infx@oicu2.com'" <infx@oicu2.com>
My hornet went up on 16 September 2004
and has not been taken down since.
It has survived 60 mph gusts, a cold
winter, snow, ice and sun,
and it's still collecting energy!
Nice machine!
Eric Pfeifer
Rochester, MN
Condor Vers. AirX on a virtually
windless day!
See the NEW
video "FRED'S TEST" Fred is a very happy customer!!!!!
The Hornet puts out a lot of volts!
Dan - (Tornado alley) - TX ..........................................
(Notice the wind damage to the TV antenna)
NICE HAWK LETTER 12-19-04
Subject:
Great Servise
Date:Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:44:16 +0000
From"Terry Simpson" <gol*??ak@hotmail.com> ------------------------*??
to protect privacy
To: inxx@oicu2.com
Hello Bob,
I would just like to say how I appreciate Your great service,
and how your company stands by your products. I sent back my
PMA for warranty work and you took care of the problem and I
had it back flying in no time, Thank You.
I'm going to put another one on my pole as soon as you come out
with the new system for doing so.
As soon as I put my Hawk back into service a big storm hit us
with 60 to 80 mph winds, and it performed wonderful. There were
power outages in town, but not for me, I was the only one in
my area that had Chrismas lights going !!!!!!!
Thanks Again From Alaska,
Terry Simpson
I am happy to say that when I contacted Qaz about replacing
some wind generator blades he just asked me to return the broken
blades and then shipped out new blades to me right away! When
he says he stands behind his products, he does! You can buy with
confidence!
- Bob Chamness / Sanjisdad@aol.com
Thousands of Hornet's dot mountain tops all
over the world since our units really do well in high wind zones
too.
Hornet and Hawk has become the #1 wind turbine
of choice for most operators of remote radio repeater stations.
Subject: Do you have the specs for your standard round Hubs??
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:49:14 GMT
From: vt_21@hevanet.com
To: inxx@oicu2.com
CC: vt_21@hevanet.com
Hello,
I purchased a six blade set w/ round hub and mounting hardware
a
couple three months ago. They have been performing great....stood
up
to 50mph gusts and at one point had over an inch of ice built
up on
them from some freezing rain we had recently. I really did not
expect
them to handle that much abuse so well! Anyway...I'm getting
ready to
put up another wind machine and I need the dimensions of the
round hub
and its hole sizes and placement specs for a hub I'm building
for a
project generator. I could go up and take the blades off of my
currently running machine and get the measurements...but I'm
hoping I
won't have to do that. Basically, what it the hole size needed
for
your 59" blade sets....what is the spacing for the two holes
required
for each blade...and how far out from the center should I drill
my
holes? I looked for a diagram on your web page...but could not
find
it. THANKX AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY!
Victor
T.
Greetings from Vancouver Island BC Canada...I am a Re dealer
situated here on Vancouver Island. I have
a recreational community close by that has banned AIR-X wind
generators due to the excessive noise they
produce. The area is situated in a valley ...in the bottom of
the valley lies a like,. which is surrounded by
cabins and cottages.
How does the Condor compare noise wise with respect to a AIR
X. I am aware that the power outputs would
be lower..but with a continual breeze...it all adds up.
I like the look of your product. Any help would be an asset.
regards
Harvey Sommerfeld
East Isle Power Ltd.
Parksville BC Canada
Xantrex Certified Dealer
NICE HAWK LETTER 11-14-04
"I order a Hawk 12
volt a few months back and it works really well for us up here.
We live on a small island off of the cost of Alaska and man a
weather and repeater station. It blows between 30 to 68 MPH day
and night out here. This little Hawk turbine finally did what
my 10,000 watts of solar panels could not do for me in the cloudy
and practically sunless northern winters of Alaska. We only run
the generator about half of the time now since we got the Hawk.
Its hard to believe that this little 20 lb. turbine can charge
my 2600 lb. battery in under 6 hours. This is a fantastic little
turbine you make. Never had to de-ice it once. Spins like a bat
out of Hell. I also treated the blades with silicon oil, a little
trick we northerner's use to keep windows clean and easy to de-ice.
I have tried other turbines over the years but they either broke
in the first few days or they went into self protection mode
from the extreme winds effectively stalling the blades and by
that time it was all over anyhow. The stalled blades picked up
so much snow and ice that the towers folded days later in the
gale force winds. You have a real winner here especially for
people in places like me. Thank your engineering team from me
personally. Can you sell me a can of that green varnish please
since I see some rust forming since I put it up unpainted (My
mistake).
Please put it on the same credit card number I faxed a few months
ago? Just ship it UPS Blue label to the same Anchorage address
if you please. It will find its way out here sooner or later.
My sincerest thanks go out to you for building this great little
turbine.
Larry Arronson"
Dear Bob:
I thought I would drop you a line and let you know about the turbine
I ordered from you, it was to replace a southwest wind power windseeker
503, because it continually trashed the blades, I have gone through
three of their sets of blades, and now they stopped making and
servicing them. As I was assembling the one I received from you
the windseeker was on the bench right next to it, and just for
the heck of it I thought your hub and blades might go on the windseeker,
which it did, I remounted the wind seeker with your hub and six
blades and never saw it do such a good job, for nine years I have
been hiding from this thing, and now I can stand right underneath
it, your advertisement on your web site is 100% truthful, your
blades turn with very little wind, and they withstand very high
winds, and make very little noise, and virtually no vibration.
I would recommend your blades to anybody that wishes to improve
their current Wind Chargers. I haven't had a chance to mount your
wind turbine yet as I am waiting on another set of blades. And
if anybody wants to know about your customer service, I would
highly recommend them to you, you always answer your e-mails and
are very helpful.
thank you
R.S.
Colo.
I don't know if you remember me about 2 years ago I was asking
you questions about your PMA's. They are great, attached is a
photo of my engine setup that has over 5000 hours on them. I've
just completed a 48 volt system and now am looking to finding
out something about your HT48. At what wind speed does it start
producing 48 volt power - even 10 watts? I'm thinking of putting
two in series, isolating the ground or case in order to get them
to produce something at a low wind speed.
Thanks
Bill Miller
This "Weather Vein"
tail keeps my neighbors thinking its an ornament!
A "Weather Vein"
that makes power? Now that's a real tough one to classify!
Other experiments by innovators using
our blades
The "Twelve Banger" The 12 blade super high torque model -
This 12 blades turbine is under a very
heavy load but still keeps spinning due to its high surface area.
This is a great way to overcome high amp
loads or motivate high cogging PMA's or DC generators.
hello, I've got a 4 yr. old air403....they said almost
"silent operation"... bull, my neighbors hate me..it
sounds like a huge
weed whipper or, with high winds... it cuts out too quickly
making a big roar...
can I replace the blades with yours? which ones? thanks
rslostinanza@aol.com
Hello,
I have an Air X 403 and have replaced the controller inside
four times now.
I have a switch that shorts the turbine but it still burns up
the coil after
50 MPH winds was wondering if maybe there is a better way.
I'm done fixing that junky AirX every time it blows over
50 mph. I live on Martha's
Vineyard and it's mounted on a raft in the water. It's gusting
over 40 as I write this
email so I will probably blow out the fifth $150.00 control board
by the end of today.
Do you have something to help me out?
it
work in high wind conditions. I have only praise for the design,
function, and durability. It is a very quiet turbine, a barely
audible whispering hiss could be heard while standing at the
base of the mast and had no detectable vibration of any kind.
I do not have any testing equipment to give you technical data.
I did wire in an indicator to let me know when the dump load
was being powered. The turbine is on the short mast as you have
advised, with the 6 blade prop, wired into a 12 V DC battery
bank, using the SEA charge controller per your diagram. A no
frills, basic, stock setup. The indicator went off and on as
the batteries were discharged and replenished.
Hey qaz , yes I have a set of your 28" blades
which is why I have purchased more from you. I have spent the
last year doing R&D in my spare time on various products
from you and many other companies on line for small wind and
solar. I have a full time electrical company so my time is limited
to the winter months. Please understand that I am in no way trying
to infringe on your products or your business and the few sales
that I would do in the winter time would not even compare to
the volume you do. With that being said I hope we can keep the
communication between us now that I have your attention. The
29" blades that I purchased from the seller "hi_iq"
are: thinner and have a reverse blade tip pitched back the opposite
to the base hoping to get the blade to yield away from the tower
in higher winds but in fact interferes with the performance of
the blade. With your blades my machine starts at 9 mph and quickly
speeds up to a blur, with hi_iq's blades on my machine it doesn't
start to spin until 14 mph and just sort of "lolly gags
around" giving me no charge. I am using 10si Delco remy
alternators completely stripped and rebuit from scratch with
1" x 2" N50 magnets in my core which gives me huge
power potential but serious cogging issues for the blades to
overcome. My resources are limited and am still looking for a
cheap supplier of special would stators as I don"t have
a stator winder and angling my magnets to overcome the cogging
like yours is not an option with those big magnets jammed in
that little PMA. On another note I think you need to have a discussion
with the sellers that are using your pics of wind turbines to
sell theirs, I have noticed you have built up a good rep it would
be a shame to let other sellers destroy it by using your famous
pics. Anyway I could ramble all night, I have included a pic
of my machine, if you have any questions about anything contact
me and I hope to do a lot of business with you in the near future.
- SEE
MORE
Subject: Hello, again, from Minnesota
See the NEW
video "FRED'S TEST" Fred is a very happy customer!!!!!
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