Don,

I bought my two KISS wind generators in Dec 2003.

I stopped by the SVHOTWIRE booth yesterday.  John was busy with a customer
so I tried to tell Libby about the repair.  She was defensive and in
denial. She told me that this sort of thing just never happened and I was
the first one to tell her of the problem.  I sent a copy of my report to
John.  Perhaps he may have a different attitude.

KISS wind generators are a mixed bag of good and not so good.  If I were in
the market for new units I would look closely at the rest of the market,
especially the AIR MARINE

I was on Philip Lang's boat a few months ago and he had a AIR MARINE
operating.  It was whistley when idling but when it perked up it was
surprisingly quiet.  The early ones were noisy, but I think they worked out
that problem.  The have to be better built than the KISS which is fairly
primitive.

There were several new designs at the boat show too but I didn't
investigate them.

Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Chesapeake Bay


> [Original Message]
> From: Don Siddall <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 10/10/2009 8:49:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Fixing a KISS
>
> Norm:
>
> Thanks for your information. It's now on my "to do" list as I rely on my 
> KISS for power.
>
> I expect you are going to the boat show where Hotwire, the major 
> retailer for the KISS, will have their booth. It would be interesting to 
> learn what they know about the problem.
>
> How much time had the generator operated before the breakdown?
>
> Don
> _


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