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- Page 1 Owner’s Manual Installation • Operation • Maintenance Southwest Windpower, Inc. 1801 West Route 66 Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 Toll Free Phone: 866.805.9463 Phone: 928.779.9463 Fax: 928.779.1485 www.windenergy.com 2012 Southwest Windpower, Inc. All Rights Reserved...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
One - Important Safety Instructions READ ThESE INSTRUCTIONS IN ThEIR ENTIRETy bEfORE ASSEMbLINg, INSTALLINg OR OPERATINg yOUR AIR 40 SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS. This manual contains important instructions that must be followed during assembly, installation and maintenance. In this manual you will see the Read, understand and respect all warnings. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
5-7 Turbine Grounding________________________________ 19-20 5-8 Tower Grounding _________________________________ 20 5-8-1 Electrodes Driven in Soil _____________________ 20 6) INSTALLATION_______________________________________ 21 6-1 Wire Connections ________________________________ 21 6-2 Mounting on Tower _______________________________ 22 6-3 Final Connections ________________________________ 22 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 5... - Page 5 Notes __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 6: Technical Specifications
104º F (40º C) 12 volt, 24 volt and 48 volt AIR 40 wind turbines are eligible to bear the CSA mark with “C” and “US” indicators. The “C” and “US” indicators signify that the product has been evaluated to the applicable CSA and ANSI/UL standards for use in Canada and the US. -
Page 7: Turbine Assembly
3- 1/4 - 20 socket head screw by inserting a 5/16 inch hex key wrench in the turbine alternator shaft and 4- nylock nut turning the shaft while turning the blades. Fig. 1 AIR wind turbine Blade Attachment Detail. 8 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 8: Siting
“cleanest” turbulent free air as possible. Turbulence will reduce the efficiency of the wind turbine and may accelerate wear on rotat- ing components. Prevailing wind 20 feet (6 m) Fig. 2 Optimal AIR 40 location. AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 9... -
Page 9: Towers
The AIR wind turbine is designed to mount on tubing or pipe with a nominal 1.875 – 1.900 inch outside diameter. This dimension enables Southwest Windpower offers a number of tower choices for your AIR wind constructing a tower from a range of readily available materials including turbine. -
Page 10: Ft (8.3 M) Tower Kit
27' AIR TOWER for the installation. 29'EZ TOWER KIT Fig. 4. 27 ft (8.3 m) Tower Kit Fig. 5. 29 ft (8.8 m) Tower Kit AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 11... -
Page 11: Ft (13.7 M) Tower Kit
Fig. 6. 45 ft (13.7 m) Tower Kit Fig. 7. Roof Mounting Kit IMPORTANT: User manuals for towers and tower kits are available online at www.windenergy.com. Southwest Windpower recommends reviewing them to make an appropriate tower selection for your AIR wind turbine. 12 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 12: Wiring Options
9 and 10 represent typical single turbine installa- AIR BREEZE tions. fig. 10 includes an up-tower junction box for UL (Underwriters Wind Turbine Laboratory) compliance. Contact Southwest Windpower for more Generator information about this configuration. TIP: Wire turbine directly to battery bank to its own set of battery posts. - Page 13 Fuse or Stop Disconnect Breaker Switch Turbine Positive Red Lead Turbine Ground Green Lead Chassis Ground Earth Ground Turbine Negative Black Lead Battery Bank Fig. 10. Single Turbine Installation with Up-Tower Junction Box Earth Ground 14 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 14: Hybrid System Wiring
Chassis the regulation set point. See Ground (Optional) Earth Ground section 7-3-2. Turbine Negative Black Lead Diversion Load Controller Battery Bank Ground Resistive Load Fig. 11. Hybrid System with Solar Panels AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 15... -
Page 15: Multiple Air Wind Turbine Wiring
A “bus” system Fuse typically results in reduced Meter Breaker wire costs. Battery Battery Bank Disconnect Fig. 12. Multiple AIR wind turbine Wiring Ground 16 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 16: Wire Size
12/4 mm 8/10 mm 6/16 mm 4/25 mm 4/25 mm 2/35 mm 2/35 mm 1/50 mm 0/50 mm 10/6 mm 8/10 mm 6/16 mm 4/25 mm 2/35 mm 2/35 mm 1/50 mm 0/50 mm 00/10 mm AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 17... -
Page 17: Stop Switch
Stop Switch Assembly 1. Drill a 12 mm (0.47 inch) hole in the panel where the switch is to be Southwest Windpower recommends the use of a stop switch to provide mounted. a convenient and safe method for shutting down your AIR turbine. A stop 2. -
Page 18: Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Ammeter
• 48-volt systems – 200 Amp-hours • 48-volt model: 5 amps DC, part number 3-ELOT-1147-01 There are several informative web sites with battery information including: Circuit Breakers are available from Southwest Windpower. Part numbers are listed above. • www.batterycouncil.org • www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm IMPORTANT: Never use “automotive”... -
Page 19: Tower Grounding
The accompanying figure depicts a typical tower grounding technique and nected to the tower using a wire conductor. the following sections of the NEC are listed for reference. 20 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 20: Installation
However, before attempting final installation the following basic steps should be completed: • Completely review AIR 40 Owner’s Manual. • Assemble AIR wind turbine. Blades and hub may be left off depending on tower type – see Section 2.0 Turbine Assembly. -
Page 21: Mounting On Tower
Make sure all three edges of the nosecone snap over the edge of the blade hub. After installation tug on the nosecone to make sure it is securely at- tached. IMPORTANT: Tef-Gel is a corrosion inhibitor. 22 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 22: Air Wind Turbine Operation
Windpower recommends using a properly installed switch. If your AIR wind turbine will be shut down for an extended period of time Southwest will be continuously illuminated. Windpower recommends lowering the turbine completely or securing the blades to prevent rotation. AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 23... -
Page 23: Voltage Regulation
Multiple turbine installations will typically function best using a single volt- age regulator close to the battery bank. This is particularly true if the wire lengths connecting each turbine to the bus vary by distance or wire gauge. 24 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 24: Maintenance
As part of complying with the conditions of the Limited Life- time Warranty, please adhere to the below. AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 25... -
Page 25: Trouble Shooting
If the shaft is cogging (difficult to rotate), contact your shaft quickly makes difference easier to detect. If these conditions turbine dealer or Southwest Windpower. Be sure your battery voltage is do not exist, you should contact your turbine dealer or Southwest not high enough to activate the regulation mode during this test. -
Page 26: Exploded Views & Parts List
AIR 40 Ten - AIR wind turbine Exploded Views & Parts List AIR 40 Owner’s Manual 27... - Page 27 WIRE HARNESS - POTENTIOMETER 3-CMBP-1033-02 O-RING 3-CAOT-1002 MACHINED - BODY - AIR 3-CMBP-1000-01 BEARING - 6007 2RS 3-CABR-1000 SNAP RING - INTERNAL - 69MM - ZINC 3-CAOT-1067 SNAP RING - 32MM STAINLESS STEEL 3-CAOT-1219 YAW ASSEMBLY 3-CMBP-1004-01 28 AIR 40 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 28: Warranty
If the Customer refuses to approve repair charges, return freight charges If you experience any problem with your AIR 40 Wind Turbine, please contact an may apply. When a Wind Turbine part is replaced for a new or remanufactured part, such new or remanufactured part becomes Customer’s property and the... - Page 29 OF THIS EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTY. If you use your Wind Turbine primarily Limitations Southwest Windpower does not warrant that the operation of the Wind Turbine will for business or commercial purposes, then these implied warranties do not apply and Southwest Windpower completely disclaims them to the extent allowed by law.
- Page 30 AIR 40 Wind Turbine Limited Lifetime Warranty (continued) a result of not installing said parts. Southwest Windpower reserves the right to change the terms of this Limited Warranty in the future without incurring any obliga- tions to make the changed terms applicable to products previously manufactured.
- Page 31 Southwest Windpower, Inc. 1801 West Route 66 Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 Toll Free Phone: 866.805.9463 Phone: 928.779.9463 Fax: 928.779.1485 E-mail: info@windenergy.com Web: www.windenergy.com...
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