Air X Owner’s Manual
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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 X
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 pos-
sible 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 X
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.
Air X
TIP:
batteries wired in series and
Battery bank illustrated
is configured as four 6-volt
bank configuration and system
voltage are site specific.
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