wind turbine service in France

7 Responses to wind turbine service in France

1. Nick Goff says:

   23/06/2013 at 14:03

   Great looking little turbine Hugh. Love the tail!

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2. David Simms says:

   08/06/2013 at 23:59

   I see that they use TirFors a lot. Looks like a great way to raise and lower, with a lot more smoothness and control than could be had using a tractor.

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   • admin says:

     09/06/2013 at 05:43

     The tirfor or griphoist is the perfect tool for this job. I use cheap chinese ones that I actually like better than the big name brand. Tractors (via pulleys) may be easier with 100 foot towers but the tirfor is much safer and simpler on this scale.

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     • David Simms says:

       12/06/2013 at 21:50

       Hmm, what’s the brand name of those Chinese units ? Here, I could get used, reconditioned TirFors for about $250….6,000lb, I believe.
       What I like about them is the potential for installing a turbine on ugly terrain. Tractors have to have flat land.

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3. admin says:

   08/06/2013 at 21:14

   Yeah one of the main elements of the service was to untwist those wires. They weren’t anywhere near to causing a problem yet, but they did need a couple of dozen turns to untwist them.

   The wind was not light. In that part of France there aren’t a lot of light winds, and it was cranking it out nicely. It’s a very turbulent site (hence the cable twists) so the output was all over the place, but the batteries were getting what they needed.

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4. Tom says:

   08/06/2013 at 20:44

   That looks like a pretty substantial cable twist!
   It furls in lighter winds than I would have expected? What sort of output were you getting in the final shots?

   Enjoyed the “Huge Piglet”!

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