Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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Something up at GF, either the comms is down or the turbine is down, last update showing 14:00.

Benchmarking windfarm next door is showing 40% to 50% output since 10:00 this morning.

Really needs to be in service for the next 5 days of windathon.Image
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Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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nowty wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:27 pm Something up at GF, either the comms is down or the turbine is down, last update showing 14:00.

Benchmarking windfarm next door is showing 40% to 50% output since 10:00 this morning.

Really needs to be in service for the next 5 days of windathon.Image
Hopefully comms only. :winter:
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Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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Joeboy wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:48 pm
nowty wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:27 pm Something up at GF, either the comms is down or the turbine is down, last update showing 14:00.

Benchmarking windfarm next door is showing 40% to 50% output since 10:00 this morning.

Really needs to be in service for the next 5 days of windathon.Image
Hopefully comms only. :winter:
They had a similar issue last month which was comms, lets hope so as the benchmarking wind farm is at 60%+ and rising. :xx:
16.9kW PV > 107MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
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GSHP + A2A HP's
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Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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nowty wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:26 pm
Joeboy wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:48 pm
nowty wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:27 pm Something up at GF, either the comms is down or the turbine is down, last update showing 14:00.

Benchmarking windfarm next door is showing 40% to 50% output since 10:00 this morning.

Really needs to be in service for the next 5 days of windathon.Image
Hopefully comms only. :winter:
They had a similar issue last month which was comms, lets hope so as the benchmarking wind farm is at 60%+ and rising. :xx:
I'll bet 2 pints of beer that it's only a comms drop out, turbines still cranking. There is no :fan: yet.
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Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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Getting up for 24hrs since GF went offline and no update from Ripple, that's poor. :(
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Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 19MWh
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The benchmarking website I use has now lost all its data feeds too. :facepalm:

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GF.s back up, no generation lost. :D

They didn't know until this morning? I'm not sure that a company who's sole operational asset is GF should be so casual in its monitoring? :whako:
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Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 19MWh
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Panic over as the start of the 5 day windathon has started. :twisted:

Shame KH cannot join in yet as its banging up there too. :evil:
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Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
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nowty wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:16 pm Panic over as the start of the 5 day windathon has started. :twisted:

Shame KH cannot join in yet as its banging up there too. :evil:
Imagine the combined output!
19.7kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 19MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
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Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

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nowty wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:16 pm Shame KH cannot join in yet as its banging up there too. :evil:
Yeah... and roll on the day I get to the front of the queue for a few hundred extra kW up there too!
(Having bought the max permitted in GF I had to increase my "consumption" considerably to get into KH at all and then I realised that I should have gone for still more...
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