Istabreeze i1500 48v, measuring the voltage drop, single strand 150m cable

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Flying tools

2 жыл бұрын

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@TravellingCarl 2 ай бұрын

Well, mountains for everyones house would be nice. 😁 Thx for sharing your experience with that kind ok powersupply.

@flyingtools 2 ай бұрын

Haha, yes, thank you for watching and commenting ☺️

@davebutler3905 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thank you. I plan to install and ista this summer. Love seeing Sweden... I haven't been there for many years but I always enjoyed the landscape and the culture.

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you like it😃

@MrToyorick 2 жыл бұрын

In Sweden you can have total height on the tower to 20m without permit, check Boverket 😎 , but in some locally communities it need permits:-( You need thicker cables 👍

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I know, but if you lay it down it has to be on your property, and not reaching your neighbour, as my do if so. Thanks for the info anyway. 😊 If I ever get thicker cable that will pay it self of in 5-8 years, I promise to change it out. When I have the data after 1-2 years I probably can calculate how much that cable can cost and if it is worth it. But I highly doubt about it.

@Jeb-19 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful information, thank you.

@Dharaldsson 2 жыл бұрын

Mycket intressant! Tack :-)

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Kul att höra. Tack😃

@jwsolarusa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@henryowens3611 Жыл бұрын

Your voltage losses are in both the doubled up three fase cable, 150m of copper is a few kgs 50m of three fase cable split into 3 =150m. Not aloud to go higher ! And obstacles in the way causing turbulence, move obstacles bushes, trees, rocks

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

I sold the turbine and bought more solar panels for the money.

@Bunbasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hello friend, thank you for showing us the voltage produced by your ista breezer i1500, it was impressive to see the voltage that it throws, greeting from Puerto Rico.

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad to have you here 😃

@Bunbasty 2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingtools I am very happy to be part of your channel thanks for giving me the opportunity and for that we are here to support us my friend your video of the ista breezer i1500 was great it is very good generating voltage I wish you good luck and see you next time friend and thanks .

@petereckerwall9423 2 жыл бұрын

It's a Istabreeze i1500... 😉

@Bunbasty 2 жыл бұрын

@@petereckerwall9423 OK I already fixed the message thanks for letting me know.

@Fester_ Жыл бұрын

"Fun". Good man.

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@Teknopottu Жыл бұрын

New subscriber here, greetings from Finland! I think this is the first time our regulations seem better at something than yours 😄 I think limiting mast height so low with pricing it so high is just silly, what is behind that? Just ordered a used I1500 with 6 blade rotor. Seems I have to check the slip ring for corrosion, drill a hole at the bottom for water to escape and reinforce the seals just in case (some come with some seals, some with none). Going to build my own 10-15m mast from maybe 5m pipes. New into wind generators, just some videos from Tube and odd literature about laws. Any tips to take into consideration and any general advice? Edit: just read about this in other comment: using just your own land for your build makes sense at least to me?

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you and welcome 🤗 yes those rules are just crazy. That’s a good turbine. Good luck with your project 😃👍🏻

@petereckerwall9423 2 жыл бұрын

Jag älskar den pampiga musiken under din klättring!! 😁 Fick mitt batterilager idag, ska bli spännande att få det installerat och samtidigt koppla in alla solpanelerna så jag får totalt 14,8 kw paneler. Redan nu (kör bara 7 av 14,8) så laddar jag bilarna helt på solpanelerna. 😃🇸🇪

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Kul att du gillar musiken där! Och kul att du börjar komma igång, härligt och bra jobbat 👍🏻 Grym känsla att kunna ladda bilen själv😃

@windpowerandmore6310 2 жыл бұрын

I'd get a Midnite Classic Buddy it would be perfect for your situation and worth every penny.

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Yes they seems to be really good controllers.

@davebutler3905 2 жыл бұрын

Hi again. I just realised you had an easy way of measuring the voltage drop on your cable... Since you have 4 conductors working as pairs, you can simply disconnect one of a pair at the house. Then put your AC rms voltmeter across the disconnected end and it's partner. Since the voltmeter is high impedance the loss on the test conductor will be negligible. So this will be like having one probe at the turbine and one at the house, directly measuring the voltage drop on the single conductor.

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thats a great idea! And if I take that conductor and connect it to the other pair up at the wind turbine I can measure the voltage drop as you describe but for both conductors and then of course as you say, measuring one conductor and I will have a more exact measure of my power loss after that. Thank you so much for that idea😃👍🏻

@davebutler3905 2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingtools Glad to be able to return something when you give so much info for free! I wonder what the waveform would look like... When feeding a battery through a rectifier, there is no current until the amplitude of the wave exceeds battery voltage. Most of the energy delivered by the turbine will probably be at the peaks only. The duty cycle is short so the current peaks will be high. Losses due to conductor resistance may be more than simple calculations might suggest. I recently got a cheap "instrustar" brand oscilloscope that connects to my laptop... Ideal for such measurements... because it runs on the computer battery, it is totally isolated.

@rklauco Жыл бұрын

I admire what you call "walking" :D I call it climbing. Very impressive, though. Do you also use that wind power to feed back to the grid, or is it somehow separated and only used for house?

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

Haha, yes climbing are probably more correct. This was connected to a 48v lithium battery, the same bank as my solar panels when I was of grid. But due to the high and fluctuations in energy prices I decided to change my inverters and battery to a hybrid system so I can sell power to the grid when my battery is full. So sadly I sold the turbine together with my 48v battery bank. Thank you so much for your comment ☺️

@tryingtosucceed Жыл бұрын

I am thinking about putting a smaller battery next to my istabreeze i2000 turbine, then parallel dc cables to my main battery in the house. Do you think this will smooth out the peaks and troughs of wind power, and enable me to use less copper?

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

Yes that will definitely smooth out your power spikes. But it will also be some powerloss when doing so. Not sure how much but a very interesting thought. Regards the copper thickness, you probably can go down in size.

@silverleapers 2 жыл бұрын

When you stated in the video, "I can turn it up higher" might you mean that you can move the turbine rotor on a mast to a higher elevation to avoid the gusty winds? When you state in your reply to Rickard Bjorling, "if you lay it down it has to be on your property, and not reaching your neighbour, as my do if so ", might you mean that it has to be installed on your own property to enjoy a tower height of 20m maximum as Rickard Bjorling suggested? We have no wind turbine regulations for off-grid installs here in Canada, so I was curious if these rules in Sweden are for any type of wind turbine (on or off grid).

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I mention that I could mount it higher, sorry, my English. The tower is installed on my property but only 5 m from my neighbour and due to the Swedish regulation I cannot build it higher than 5 m. Off or on grid doesn’t matter.

@silverleapers 2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingtools It is WAY better than my Swedish! Thank you for your videos! And hello from Newfoundland Canada!

@offgridamps 2 жыл бұрын

That's a clear video on voltage loss, the ista breeze controller isnt mppt then? Open circuit voltage of that turbine would be well up in 100v? That would really help the losses.

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that hade helped a lot, but where I am located the winds are mostly pretty mild so my turbine struggles to even get up to 48 V, I actually went from five blades to three just to se if the turbine could reach higher rpm and I think that it helped some. I have also installed a step up voltage controller for those low wind days so I can collect the watt hours below battery voltage. But of course when the wind is strong I have to raise the voltage again, if not doing so the power loss will be enormous. Istapower is not an mppt controller. Only bake controll.

@offgridamps 2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingtools ahhh that make sense then ! It seems a brilliant location for the turbine though, maybe trees are making turbulence?

@igorkvachun3572 2 жыл бұрын

Yes👍⚡ 🔌💡🔋☀

@mudislander864 Жыл бұрын

Hi been watching your vids, and I purchasd an Istra 2000 with same controller as yours. Did you connect the dc on the controller in parallel with your solar controller or do you have to use some other circuit.

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

Hi and thank you 😃 Yes, in parallel with my growatt inverter (solar controller) Good luck with your project 👍🏻

@mudislander864 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes exiting times just waiting for my solar panels and then hopefully start making some power.😁

@MarkWeatherlake Жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for your videos. I've enjoyed watching the information on the istabreeze i500. I am interested in the i4.0 Would you recommend istabreeze?

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

I have only tryed one Wind turbine so a little hard for me to now, but I have to say that from what I have read about them it’s probably the most bang for the buck

@MarkWeatherlake Жыл бұрын

@@flyingtools Hello Thanks for that, We are thinking or putting more than one i4.0 up maybe three. but we have a few technical issues to sort out first and wondering if you could help. 1. The site turbine site is 450 meters away from base and we are not sure of the best way to bring down the electricity without breaking the bank... Best Wishes.

@flyingtools Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWeatherlake with that distance on 48v and that power, sorry but that’s not worth it. The losses will be to high and the cost for the cables also.

@agnt.geraldsinclairnsa6230 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have a 48 volt setup and my system is set as follow: Bulk voltage: 57.5volts Absorb voltage: 57.5 volts Float voltage: 54 volts Recharge voltage: 47 volt Question: Where do I set the (UP) voltage? Where would I set the (dn) voltage on the ISTAPOWER 2000w 48v?

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. By holding in the middle button for 2 sec, then use the up and down buttons when you are at the value you like to change, then you have to hold the middle button again for 2 sec to save the settings.

@agnt.geraldsinclairnsa6230 2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingtools Hello, my question was formulated wrong. What I want to know is where to set the voltages. I want the turbine to start charging at 54 and stop at 58 volts. Where would I set the (dn) and (UP)?

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry, I’m not sure if I can help you.

@GavinFreedomLover 2 жыл бұрын

Great site you have , do you have to brake it in a storm , regards from England.

@flyingtools 2 жыл бұрын

Hi and thank you! If I really think that it will be damage from the storm, I will brake it manually and do it with the brake at the turbine.

@henryowens3611 Жыл бұрын

Try and avoid braking over 40mph this creates heat in the turbine and charger. Mine smelt like plastic so going too install cooling extraction fan. My dump load is going too be a towel rail, 150w dc element and 120w ac thremosratic element.