She’s looking awesome up there . After a few adjustments , she’s running great like an airplane taking off from that pole like mine on my wind turbine videos . Keep up the great work and May the wind be with you .

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

Bro you forgot yer link to your channel. Great channel kzread.info

OK, Nice output. I wish people would show the wind speed at the same time. It would make picking a wind turbine so easy.

Really enjoy and appreciate the videos of your wind generator and tower. I recently bought a solar system and now wanting a wind generator for extra during cloudy and windy times. I appreciate you sharing!!

I love your wind turbine content really helpful

if you need ideas for videos , that there hoisting rigg ya got there deserves a series .... Great Video !!! Thanks !

@veggitarianredneck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I do have a couple of vids I made on the tower.

I had the same problem with mine. The bolts came out completely and I didn’t notice it until some damage was done. We get some very powerful winds where I live. You are lucky you noticed in time.

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realized it until later but they actually make an adaptor for this damn thing.

@mosfet500

2 жыл бұрын

@@veggitarianredneck I might get one of these to supplement my PV at night. From what I can see it seems you need a heavy sleeve over the pipe because those threads won't hold in that thickness of pipe. (Schedule 40?)

GOOD JOB !!!! BRAVO !!! Nice wind turbine... and excavator ! ;) 👍+ sub !!! 🙂 Regards Paul P. - PP ;)

You can drill small holes through the bolt heads and use the locking pliers and wire to lock the bolts in like we do on aircraft, just make sure you don't do anti anlocking. Plenty on you tube

Fantastic job well done buddy. How tall is that tower on the air? Have a wonderful day.

@veggitarianredneck

3 жыл бұрын

Tower is 30 feet

@jwsolarusa

3 жыл бұрын

Like you said "the tower is not built for beauty contest" but everything worked out pretty well. Excellent job well done to you and the misses 👏👏👏👍

@veggitarianredneck

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. You have some cool vids too there brother. I'm subbed 😎

@jwsolarusa

3 жыл бұрын

@@veggitarianredneck Thanks buddy. I am getting into a new phase of renewable energy with my first wind turbine iSTA BREEZE i2000 Watts 48V @ 40A

Great video. Which kind of digger is that ? Never seen one like that. I have an old Schaeff 2.0 digger, but its bulky and heavy for moving around. Kind regards from Denmark

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

It's made by Jensen USA. It's perfect for me and it's easily towable 😎. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@Rottweilerdsq

Жыл бұрын

@@veggitarianredneck Nope not Jensen but Jansen, but close lol, greetings from a Dane living in Bulgaria and i have bought the IstaBreeze® WindSafe 2000 watt, but haven't set it up yet🙂

lol if it makes you feel better I haven’t been able to keep those bolts in the stub. I haven’t had them in for about 4 months...thats why i slotted my stub and clamp it down with exhaust clamps. The bolts would work great IF the stub tower was a perfect fit for the turbine’s yoke. I’d have had to machine one and it cost too much. I learned after the fact that they have a four bolt flange adapter...had i known that i would have gone that route.

@justinduncan2480

3 жыл бұрын

Loctite is probably fine

@veggitarianredneck

3 жыл бұрын

Well see, but I really like your idea of slotting it, thank you for that wisdom.

WHAT i would do is make a cover-ajustable sleeve to ashure that those nuts do not com out,like a rubber hose over, plus clamps, -like a rad hose close to right size.

hi, is the winding single wrapped, is the connection star-shaped, how many mm wire is used?

@veggitarianredneck

Жыл бұрын

Not sure

Somehow that loose bolt is the wind turbine's fault.

@TheWickerShireProject

2 жыл бұрын

Makes me become interested in Thread lock. =)

What is the hydraulic digger you are using?

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

It's made by Jenson USA

What is the height of the tower and what is the schedule of the pipe? Thanks

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

Schedule 40 pipe, and the tower is 30 feet high.

@larrymoore5811

2 жыл бұрын

@@veggitarianredneck Couple more questions if you dont mind. What size is your pipe, 1 1/2" or 2"? Did you screw the joints together or weld them? I have solar that takes care of my off grid house probably 85% of the time. After 2 1/2 days of cloudy rainy weather the batteries usually need to be recharged. During these times I always have 20mph winds as I live up on a Pass. Just need to take advantage of that wind. I like your tower set up and thinking about building something similar to put up on the ridge.

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrymoore5811 Hey no problem. So I used 1 1/2 pipe but looking back I should have used 2" pipe. I have a video showing how I reinforced it. I initially screwed the pipe together which would have worked out just fine but my tower wires were not tight enough and one of the couplers broke sending the whole thing to the ground. So the upper most coupler I eventually welded.

@larrymoore5811

2 жыл бұрын

@@veggitarianredneck OffGrid, what has been your experience with the Ista turbine? Been looking at them for a while. I have noticed many good reviews and also some bad. I would like to know your opinion after having yours in service for quite some time.

@veggitarianredneck

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrymoore5811 My opinion is quite good with them. I think they are really well built and I would definitely recommend them.

a bolt fell out. whoop.

I feel like those things you are using to tension and adjust the wires are not the best tool for the job.

@veggitarianredneck

3 жыл бұрын

You don't know just how right you are. I'll put the details together in a future video

@JohnGuest45

3 жыл бұрын

@@veggitarianredneck i`ve never seen those kind of tensioners before but they look like a nightmare to adjust compared to turnbuckles. You did a great job on the mast, one man job with the gin pole and electric winch.

@veggitarianredneck

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnGuest45 they were a pain just like you suspected. I swapped them out for turnbuckles, way better.

Simple way to fix that would be to make a band to go around the pole so that when the ends are tightened up, it is tight against the bolt heads. Poor design.

@veggitarianredneck

Жыл бұрын

That's sorta what I did, but I used a couple of muffler clamps.