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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>

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