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Air Breeze
Owner’s Manual
Stop
Breaker
Wind Turbine Generator
Switch
Black Lead
Turbine Negative
Red Lead
Turbine Positive
Battery
Disconnect
Fuse or
User Power
Box
Center Junction
Turbine Ground
Green Lead
Earth Ground
Battery Bank
Tower Ground
Ground
Chassis
Rod
Ground
Disconnect
Battery
Meter
Amp
Controller
Diversion Load
Load
(Optional)
Resistive
Meter
Amp
Controller
PV Solar Array
PV Charge
AIR BREEZE
Tower
Fuse or
Breaker
Fig. 11. Hybrid System with Solar Panels
5-1 Hybrid System Wiring
Fig. 11
represents a typical “hybrid”
system with solar panels. Some charg-
ing sources (solar panels, fuel-powered
generators, additional wind generators,
etc.) connected to the same system
may cause interference with the Air
Breeze internal electronics and result
in pre-regulation. The interference will
not harm the turbine; it will just cause
it to spin slowly as if “braked” or it may
stop the turbine. If this occurs, test for
possible interference by disconnecting
the other charging sources to determine
the possible cause. If possible wire the
turbine and PV panels to their own set
of battery posts.
TIP:
In this figure the Air Breeze
internal regulator is used. A
diversion type external regulator
could also have been used.
TIP:
Voltage “pre-regulation”
may be prevented by increasing
the regulation set point. See
section 7-3-2.
