New Primus Air 30, spinning slowly

offgridmojo said:

Hello all;

Before I go tearing everything down to find a short in the wires, I wanted to ask a few questions in the hopes that you more experienced wind folk might be able to help and clear some things up.

We received a new Primus Air 30 last week, mounted it on a 25' tower and have the wires running about 125' into the electrical building and connected to the bus on the DC side of our Outback Flexware system.

Two questions really, the first being that when we had the positive line connected to the bus I checked the voltage on the negative side of the turbine wiring and was reading my battery voltage before I connected it. Is this normal for a wind turbine?

Second question is, last night was the first night we had wind, and that Air 30 doesn't even budge until about 12mph winds, where it slowly begins to move, and at about 17 to 18mph it was moving at I would 50 rpms if I had to guess. To me, this seems awful slow, as if it is either shorted or malfunctioning.

This afternoon, I went ahead and opened the circuit (from within the electrical building), and it had no effect on the turbine. at 12 mph it would barely begin to move.

The light on the bottom of the Air 30, (So I was told, I was in the building), turned on for a few seconds, then off, then back on for a few more seconds then off. From the manual that appears correct.

I called Primus this morning, but they aren't answering their phones and not quick to return calls from voicemail, so I was hoping someone hear had some advice, before I go taking everything down out in the snow and ice.

Thank you much!

~Loyal.