|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
Wind Power Failures
Some blame the auto-breaking systems, the mast and others the gearing and bearings and even the gear oil while still others say its a grounding issue.
Here are some pics you won't see published. I don't know what that the stats of frequency but at over $2M each thats gotta get the attention of a few folks!     
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
06-25-2010, 07:23 AM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,108
|
If you do a search on youtube, you should be able to find a catastrophic failure that makes this look tame. The thing spins out of control and then explodes.
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 07:35 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
That's quite a carbon emission you've got there.
Awesome photos, thanks for posting them.
__________________
1977 911S Targa 2.7L (CIS) Silver/Black 2012 Infiniti G37X Coupe (AWD) 3.7L Black on Black 1989 modified Scat II HP Hovercraft George, Architect Last edited by kach22i; 06-25-2010 at 10:07 AM.. |
||
|
06-25-2010, 07:36 AM
|
|
|
Too big to fail
|
Quote:
__________________
"You go to the track with the Porsche you have, not the Porsche you wish you had." '03 E46 M3 '57 356A Various VWs |
||
|
06-25-2010, 07:40 AM
|
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
The gear oil specs for those boxes are crazy nuts - has to last 20 years! I costs thousands to get your stuff tested to be approved. The market isn't big yet to justify when compared to other markets. Each box takes about 40gl of oil. Getting it up there to change is a bit of an issue. If I was to design it, I would have had a line from ground leve to the top to test, drain and fill the oil.
We do sell some grease for the bearings - to date it works better than anything available.
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
|
06-25-2010, 07:40 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Marietta GA
Posts: 2,560
|
Quote:
Some of the ones I saw in The Netherlands were absolutely massive. It would be like a skyscraper exploding. |
||
|
06-25-2010, 07:52 AM
|
|
|
|
abit off center
|
Looks like its time for a windmill moratorium?
__________________
______________________ Craig G2Performance Twinplug, head work, case savers, rockers arms, etc. |
||
|
06-25-2010, 08:12 AM
|
|
|
canna change law physics
|
Wow. FAIL! doesn't even to sum it up!
__________________
James The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) Red-beard for President, 2020 |
||
|
06-25-2010, 09:48 AM
|
|
|
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 6,930
|
Like!
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 09:55 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 8,673
|
Quote:
 Do they have auto-braking? |
||
|
06-25-2010, 10:11 AM
|
|
|
Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,189
|
Quote:
Well, this is just more proof of the Lucas electrical theory that the wires hold in the smoke.  Some one needs to hurry up and plug those damn wire holes. 
__________________
Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong. Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth. More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee.
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 10:12 AM
|
|
|
Insert Tag Line HERE.....
|
wow, i hope they harnessed the power that one made before it broke apart.. lol..
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 10:17 AM
|
|
|
Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,189
|
Quote:
__________________
Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong. Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth. More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee.
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 10:22 AM
|
|
|
No Band
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Casino
Posts: 3,901
|
Quote:
__________________
"HEY A$$MAN!!!" 
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 10:25 AM
|
|
|
I see you
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NJ
Posts: 29,917
|
Quote:
__________________
Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike. "'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." |
||
|
06-25-2010, 10:27 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NY
Posts: 1
|
That was a crazy video. Imagine the sound that it made.
__________________
New Here |
||
|
06-25-2010, 11:18 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,533
|
The "greens" dismiss the raptor birds these thing kill...far as I'm concerned, they are one big FAIL!
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
06-25-2010, 11:22 AM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,943
|
Hmmm. And I have two smaller windmills that we were getting ready to put up on the ranch... Better make them a bit further away from the house!
__________________
2013 Jag XF, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
||
|
06-25-2010, 02:34 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Los Alamos, NM, USA
Posts: 6,044
|
Old news for those in the wind turbine field.
|
||
|
06-25-2010, 02:59 PM
|
|
|
abit off center
|
What I don't understand is if we replace our oil rigs with these wind gadgets where do we get the gear oil so we can operate the windmills?
__________________
______________________ Craig G2Performance Twinplug, head work, case savers, rockers arms, etc. |
||
|
06-25-2010, 03:06 PM
|
|
1977 Porsche 911S 2.7L
1969 and 1986 Porsche Targa and Coupe 1720cc and 3
1970/1982 Porsche 914-6/911SC 2.7 RS
78 Porsche 911 Turbo
1972 porsche 72 rsr clone
1995 porsche 993
1995 porsche 993
1990 porsche C2 911
1966 porsche 911
1984 Porsche 911
2003 Porsche 996
