March 19, 201610 yr Author Well my supplier was in Russia for the last two weeks and so my monopole finishing off had to wait, but he is back or on his way back to heidelberg and told me the cost of a freight co to bring the pole down to CT....how about R25k??? so he has decided to come visit and bring my 1 ton pole with by road as his helicopter cannot lift it...He is going to spend a day or so with me explaining the new controllers he has available, hear this they can accommodate wind, PV, battery, dump load and an output for geyser. Once the battery bank is fully charged all excess power is diverted to the geyser... The pole when it arrives has to go for galvanizing then i am ready to mount the head unit and press the button for it to lift up.... more news when it arrives
March 19, 201610 yr Author Yep Clint, i decided to do a hydraulic lift unit, just in case i change head units as often as i do inverters........ so many options out there to play with
April 2, 201610 yr Author Today i got the time to weld up my mounting structure with a reinforcing web, now to dig a 2m x 2m x 1.2m deep hole.....think i will do the concrete on Monday..
April 2, 201610 yr I must admit I forget that the thing needs a serious foundation with all the torque etc is will endure... Looks like a great job done... make space for the mixer truck... no hand mixing here ...
April 6, 201610 yr On 3/19/2016 at 9:05 AM, Mike said: wind, PV, battery, dump load and an output for geyser That sounds like a good setup
April 6, 201610 yr On 2016/04/02 at 2:20 PM, Mike said: Today i got the time to weld up my mounting structure with a reinforcing web, now to dig a 2m x 2m x 1.2m deep hole.....think i will do the concrete on Monday.. How did the concrete go? If you haven't done it yet I would suggest covering all the nuts and threads with plastic bags and tape!
April 6, 201610 yr Author 1 hour ago, Mark said: How did the concrete go? If you haven't done it yet I would suggest covering all the nuts and threads with plastic bags and tape! busy with the top boxed segment, should be finished within the hour..... 2 cub stone, 3 cub sand , and 10 pockets cement yesterday, it aint gonna move anywhere!!!!
April 6, 201610 yr Did you get an engineer to spec that, or are you doing the normal "farmer" thing where you simply make it large enough so that any idiot can see it's going nowhere? :-)
April 6, 201610 yr busy with the top boxed segment, should be finished within the hour..... 2 cub stone, 3 cub sand , and 10 pockets cement yesterday, it aint gonna move anywhere!!!! Please take pictures... Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
April 6, 201610 yr Author 1 hour ago, plonkster said: Did you get an engineer to spec that, or are you doing the normal "farmer" thing where you simply make it large enough so that any idiot can see it's going nowhere? :-) Nope got the schematics, Bill of quantities an all!! what you take me for??? lol but must admit i have used the spec for the 5kw unit with variable blades, as i know i am going there one day again......
April 6, 201610 yr Just now, Mike said: what you take me for??? Hehehe, obviously you're an old hand at this. But I know that Farmer thing. I have family like that. Use pipe that's twice as thick as necessary to make gates. That thing is never breaking... the pole next to it will break but not that thing. Even if you farm with Brahman cattle...
April 6, 201610 yr Author Just now, plonkster said: Hehehe, obviously you're an old hand at this. But I know that Farmer thing. I have family like that. Use pipe that's twice as thick as necessary to make gates. That thing is never breaking... the pole next to it will break but not that thing. Even if you farm with Brahman cattle... true, must admit i do also do the farmer thing on occasion, just did not want to risk it with a 1 ton hydraulic 9m monopole
April 6, 201610 yr Author 55 minutes ago, Mark said: Please take pictures... Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
April 6, 201610 yr 2 minutes ago, superdiy said: Looks like that is right on the agterstoep. I had the exact same thought
April 6, 201610 yr Author 6 minutes ago, superdiy said: Looks like that is right on the agterstoep. ja, furthest i can go legally with foundation, also not privileged with a 70m or larger plot length like the farmers out here.... but at least i am 9m up, 6 m above high point. just the garage on the left of it.. fortunately the wind comes from SSE and NNW.
April 6, 201610 yr Author 8 minutes ago, jdp said: Is that sea sand going to hold your pole eisch.....
April 6, 201610 yr What a view... What spec cable do you have from pole inside... also do you know of hybrid wind controllers that will feed to load without passing through battery bank - al la Axpert/Infini? We'll all be looking for your turbine on Google Earth in a few weeks (or when they update ;))
April 6, 201610 yr Author 1 hour ago, Mark said: What a view... What spec cable do you have from pole inside... also do you know of hybrid wind controllers that will feed to load without passing through battery bank - al la Axpert/Infini? We'll all be looking for your turbine on Google Earth in a few weeks (or when they update ;)) It is a good view - nature reserve...you can see 3 large turbines on the hill in the distance 3 x 50kw units. i have a temp cable run of 6mm, but i am hunting for that orange flexible 10mm cable hence the 100mm pipe for extra's. the 6mm should work for 3 phase but it is only temp Does google earth update ever??
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