Southwest Windpower AIR 30, Owner'S Manual

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Six - AIR wind turbine Installation
The following are general guidelines for the installation of AIR wind tur-
bine. Because each wind turbine installation is unique, specific step-by-step
installation instructions cannot be provided. However, before attempting final
installation the following basic steps should be completed:
•฀฀Completely฀review฀AIR฀wind฀turbine฀Owner’s฀Manual.
•฀฀Assemble฀AIR฀wind฀turbine.฀Blades฀and฀hub฀may฀be฀left฀off฀depending฀
on tower type – see Section 2.0 Turbine Assembly.
•฀฀Select฀tower฀and฀tower฀site฀and฀install฀tower.฀
See Sections 3.0 and 4.0.
•฀฀Determine฀wire฀size.฀
See Section 5.3
•฀฀Design฀system฀including฀batteries,฀switches,฀circuit฀breakers,฀and฀
ammeter. Draw wiring diagram.
•฀฀Obtain฀required฀components฀–฀batteries,฀switches,฀circuit฀breakers,฀wire,฀฀฀฀
tools, etc.
Once these steps are completed, final assembly is fairly simple and consists
primarily of making good electrical connections according to the wiring dia-
gram and mounting your AIR wind turbine on the tower.
6-1 Wire Connections to AIR wind turbine
Connect wire leads from AIR wind turbine to wires to be run down the tower
using “split bolt” or solder connectors. Follow good practice and use color
coded wires – red for battery positive, black for battery negative, and green
for earth ground. Wires must be sized based on turbine to battery bank
distance. Refer to
Section 5. Insulate connections with heat shrink tubing or
good quality electrical tape. Leave sufficient service loop in the wires to ac-
commodate removal of the turbine from the tower.
WARNING: Do not connect wires to batteries
until all electrical connections are completed.
2005 NEC Section Topic
Article 250.52, item 5 Tower Grounding
Article 250.53, item A Tower Grounding
Article 250.53, item G Grounding Electrode Installation
Article 250.64 Grounding Conductor Routing and Placement
Article 250.66, item A Grounding Conductor Size
Article 270.70 Bonding of Grounding Conductor
Fig. 16 Tower Grounding