Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:24 pm
Finally!
Some wind from the right direction. Both turbines doing their stuff, meters showing a steady 27V and amps rising from 15-20 to over 40 in gusts. Dump load (1KW of glowplugs in domestic radiator) nicely warm, mostly Kettle Brewing sound, and in gusts you can hear it all speed up a bit.
Zippedee-doo-dah, etc.
Now all I need to do is wait till it's quiet again, crank down No.2 and rebalance the blades a bit, they're only very slightly out but unfortunately their natural resonance at cut-in is just right to do a Shake Rattle And Roll with the yaw bearing (a 4-tonne scaffolding jack upside down inside the scaffolding tube tower)
Zippedee-doo-dah, etc.
Now all I need to do is wait till it's quiet again, crank down No.2 and rebalance the blades a bit, they're only very slightly out but unfortunately their natural resonance at cut-in is just right to do a Shake Rattle And Roll with the yaw bearing (a 4-tonne scaffolding jack upside down inside the scaffolding tube tower)
