It spooked the tower guy a little bit and it was a windy day On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >
