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Post by vasko on Mar 10, 2015 19:56:00 GMT
i have communicated with them on : over ebay on :http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/sungoldpower email : sales@sungoldpower.com email : cdrorder@188.com using their website: www.sungoldpower.com/faq.htmlI have always got a replay next day I guess because the time difference |
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Post by vasko on Mar 10, 2015 19:59:03 GMT
and to mention all screws ware in imperial NOT metric
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Post by Tafika II on Mar 11, 2015 18:42:18 GMT
I have sent emails to all of the above noted addresses over two weeks ago and reminders this week....all with no reply. the 888-427-9676 number is "Being repaired" whatever that means! This is throwing up a BIG RED FLAG on this firm for me. I'll pursue it slightly longer.
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Post by vasko on Mar 11, 2015 19:48:08 GMT
I have sent emails to all of the above noted addresses over two weeks ago and reminders this week....all with no reply. the 888-427-9676 number is "Being repaired" whatever that means! This is throwing up a BIG RED FLAG on this firm for me. I'll pursue it slightly longer. Agree ! seems really worrying ! may be airbreeze managed to close them as the user manual that they sent me was actually airbreeze documentation.... is thete noone else on ebay selling a windturbine with embeded mppt controller ? |
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Post by vasko on Mar 11, 2015 19:49:49 GMT
btw: my one still works like a charm ... but it seems ai may end without support .... I will try to contact them too ...
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Post by vasko on Mar 11, 2015 20:03:59 GMT
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Post by vasko on Mar 12, 2015 6:20:34 GMT
I send a email yesterday to sungoldpower and they replay this morning and all seems good no probs at all ??
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sales@sungoldpower.com
1:35 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Hello Vasko,
Thank you for your letter.
Please contact us if you have any question by this email,we will do our
best to help you.
Thank you!
Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Spring
> Hello,
>
> I'm very happy with your windturbine.
>
> I have a friend who wants to buy one too , on which email he need to write
> you on ?
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> Thanks
> Vasko
>
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Post by vasko on Mar 12, 2015 6:24:39 GMT
send a question in ebay to the seller who was advertising the same windturbine like mine and he clearly stared hat it is the same thing :
New message from: goldsourcetech (1066Red Star)
Hello vasko,
Thank you for your letter.
For the item,it’s the same as the sungoldpower one,please don’t worry about that.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any question.
And sincerely hope we could have more chance to serve you.
Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Spring
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Post by Tafika II on Mar 13, 2015 15:00:59 GMT
They finally answered today. I'll have to think about this one if it's worth my risk
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Post by vasko on Mar 13, 2015 15:55:33 GMT
They finally answered today. I'll have to think about this one if it's worth my risk I cannot give any suggestions as I do not have the wind turbine from a long time and I use it only for short periods ... e.g. no real experience about durability, performance, reliability etc. my view when I decided to go for it was: 1. I sail mostly coastal and problem with the turbine will not affect me really - it is just a extra, toy and fun to install. The turbine helps me with the charging as I use A LOT of energy - REALLY A LOT ( watermaker, laptops, TV's, coffee machine , air con etc.) and I stay on anchor as I do not like paying marina fees 2. at price < £400 I'm happy to play with it and if it actually fails to put it in the bin... 3. I really use it not very often as most of the time my boat is at the berth with electricity and water from the quay e.g. in my case I consider it more like a toy and less like a vital equipment ... in CASE you need it for long passages I think you will be a lot better of with Airbreeze ot may be better with the duo one.. |
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Post by hoppy on Mar 13, 2015 20:37:30 GMT
I can't find the comparison test that Vasko first posted but I found this www.barden-uk.com/PDFs/YM-Wind-Turbines-Feature.pdfAccording to the YM criteria, Airbreeze came on top, but it is wrong just to simply pick it as the winner based on the test. You need to look at the conditions you might actually be expecting where you sail. As I suspected earlier in this thread, the way Airbreeze's way of reporting it's output is different to every other brand to disguise that it's maximum output is quite poor compared to others (above 25knts = 13 amps whilst Superwind is 25 amps) Airbreeze seems to perform good up to 17 knts but beyond that it falls behind greatly. I think that if you are in locations where there is reliable strong prevailing wind, then I think a higher maximum output generator would be much better. I'm undecided of I need a wind gen at all at the moment. I think I will modify my arch to add davits and get the windgen mount added as well, but spend some more time cruising to see how much my current 200w solar comes up short supplying my daily needs. I'll probably be moving back to the Aegean and if I do decided I want wind, I will go for a higher rated gen to top my batteries up as quickly as possible when the Meltemi is blowing |
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Post by vasko on Mar 14, 2015 8:42:48 GMT
the airbreeze has one future that is the one that pointed me to it - that it has a built-in mppt controller and do not need a drop load which simplifies everything greatly and the latest model is very quite compared to other - which is very important too
Aegean is great ! I sailed there 5 summers ...
my favourite places were : Aegina-Aegina, Perdika-Aegina, Poros, Vathy on Methana, Hyddra,Vourkari-Kea, Luotra -Kithnos, Merichas-Kythnos, Naousa -Paros, Ag. Nikolaos -Paros, Antiparos, Finikas-Syros, Ermolopi-Syros, Tinos-Tinos, Panormos-Tinos,
and of course Santorini but difficult with the anchoring and mooring there
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