Day 22: Almost There

The Canadian spray-paint massacre.

Today was very exciting, in the morning we went down to Buenos Aires where we are going to install one of the turbines for use by one of the local farmers. The location was chosen for this install mainly for convenience as it is right on top of the old WindAid testing ground, so it will be easy to check up on*. Also WindAid has good relations with the the farmers in question so it will be nice to put the turbine here and hopefully make a small difference in their lives.

Trevor still Soldering

As the farm already has a wind wheel used for gathering water out the well, we decided that the best course of action will be to mount our turbine on top of the existing tower. Back at the workshop we tried to get everything else finished and gather together what we would need tomorrow for the install. We tested the electronics and it turned out that we had wired it up slightly wrong, although this was relatively easy to fix; gave everything a last coat of paint; made a wind vein for the turbine; figured out how to mount the stand onto a bamboo tower; and, just about had time to give the whole thing a test!**

Trevor and Nino Wiring up the control system.

Letting the Wind do it's job.

Letting the paint work dry.

What a difference some white paint makes!

Micheal checking  the free advertising.

Our finished control box.

All we've got to do now is put her up!

*especially useful as this will be the first install of a turbine this size. 
**A test which it passed, thank god!