It can be a little spooky... but you get used to it ;)

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Well the oscillation factor might spook you.   ...jk. never worked on one
> On Jun 17, 2016 8:13 AM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We would be 20' below the turbine.....well out of range of the blades.
>> Do you have him stop it because you're closer than that, or is there
>> another reason?
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Joe Novak" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: 6/17/2016 9:26:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Colo with wind turbine
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure what the specs are of the wind turbine tower we are on.. but
>> it is a similar tower. 140FT of what I believe is Rohn 45G. Have not had
>> any issues with power or vibration. We do have the owner lock the turbine
>> while we are on the tower though. We stay below the last guy wires well out
>> of the way of the turbine.
>>
>> I am really not sure if he is doing DC to AC at the ground or not - he
>> also has a bunch of solar panels at the base. So YMMV on that.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm talking to somebody who was a 10KW wind turbine on top of a 140'
>>> tower.  I haven't seen it yet, but the dimensions of the tower sound simlar
>>> to a Rohn 45G.
>>>
>>> One of my colleagues is concerned about vibration from the turbine doing
>>> something bad to us.
>>>
>>> There's also 3-phase AC running down from the turbine.  I'm concerned
>>> about colo-ing ethernet with (up to) 10KW of AC power.
>>>
>>> Has anybody been down this road?  Am I just being paranoid?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

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