Cavlon tag:www.cavlon.com,2012-01-15:/mtblog/cavlon//2 2012-04-19T14:51:10Z Movable Type 5.13-en New 3KW rated wind generator up. tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.10 2012-04-10T22:50:34Z 2012-04-19T14:51:10Z Cavlon News
We got a wind generator direct from China that is rated 3KW in a 28 mph wind.  It arrived OK in about 2 weeks from ordering.  Unfortunately, the packaged included two matched blades and one not matched.  This means that the mounting hole for one of the blades had to be enlarged to get it to mount and then we were not able to get the tips to position evenly or balance. The result is that the tail vibrates vigorously once the wind gets to about 20 mph.  The supplier indicated they would send replacement blades but they have not done that to date.  The tail flops around (back and forth in its slot) causing the blades to frequently not fully face the wind.  We assume this moving tail is supposed to turn the blades away from the wind when the wind exceeds 55 mph but we have yet to see that happen.  We also have yet to record data at 28 mph or more so we don't know if it actually produces what was advertised.  Very initial manual readings at relatively lower wind speed indicated that this 3 blade wind generator will come closer to performing as advertised than the 1500 watt 11 blade unit we first put up.  The 11 blades look impressive but in fact the actual RPM is much lower for a given wind speed than the 3 blade turns.3kwwindgen1.jpg
]]> Finally back to blog tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.9 2012-04-10T22:05:33Z 2012-04-10T22:08:48Z Cavlon News Its Windy!! tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.8 2012-02-28T16:33:28Z 2012-02-28T16:43:45Z Last week our experimental wind generator setup survived a recorded peak gust of 75 miles per hour. This was from the anemometer on top the roof, not up by the wind turbine as the higher anemometer had been blown off... Cavlon News
We did start recording some volt and amp data last Saturday.  We have been recording wind data for a couple weeks but that is not directly correlated becuase the wireless wind sensing data is considerably delayed from real time.  We just got in some wired anemometers that should allow us to collect real time correlated wind speed later this week.  The goal is to be able to create wind versus power curves for different loads.

We continue to sort and organize both inside and outside inventory as we try to recover from the massive move we made last year.

At 9:42 this morning, we are seeing sustained wind of 20 and peak to nearly 40.  Its expected to increase through the day to as high as 70.
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]]> A Mountain View tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.6 2012-02-10T14:37:02Z 2012-04-10T20:35:49Z This is the view, looking Northwest from the west end of the office building.... Cavlon News
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]]> Small Items Inventory Area Images tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.5 2012-02-08T16:34:48Z 2012-04-10T20:27:26Z Cavlon News
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Yellow tags have listing information on them.

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Rows of racks are labeled with regards to "room".  "Rooms" have related items.

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]]> ORGANIZING, ORGANIZING, ORGANIZING tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.4 2012-01-26T15:56:26Z 2012-01-26T17:21:18Z Cavlon News
Half of one building is being used for office type space.  The other half has small hand carry type items on shelves, organized pretty much in the same manner we had them in 12 rooms in Albuquerque.  Another building stores items that are small or light enough to be rolled around.  These are primarily things that have wheels.  The main warehouse was once a basket ball gymnasium.  The high ceiling accommodates pallet racking for vertical storage and the floor is now concrete so we can run forklifts on it.  3 smaller buildings were originally shops and currently store machine tool type items but are not yet very organized inside. This is also were we test the more industrial type things.

The really big stuff is in the various outside lots.  Items that are sensitive to the environment are covered and tarped. We are currently organizing these areas while the weather is good (sunshine without a visible cloud right now) into areas for air compressors, environmental chambers, hydraulic power units, etc.
]]> Shipping is slower from Mountainair tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.3 2012-01-25T14:57:19Z 2012-01-25T21:51:34Z Cavlon News ]]> Snowing Again tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.2 2012-01-24T16:57:02Z 2012-01-24T17:04:14Z Cavlon News
At the beginning of the year, we got 4 snow storms in a row with only limited melting between.  Estimated total of 24 inches but it drifted significantly, at one point some drifts over 6 feet.  Yesterday, most of that had disappeared except for the deeper drifts that did not get direct sunlight.  Of course, as all that snow melted, it resulted in a lot of mud anywhere that was not paved or well graveled.
]]> Cavlon Moves To Mountainair! tag:www.cavlon.com,2012:/mtblog/cavlon//2.1 2012-01-16T19:28:33Z 2012-01-16T19:37:26Z Cavlon has moved from Albuquerque to Mountainair, New Mexico, where we'll spend the next few months settling in and looking for places to put things.... Cavlon News

Cavlon has moved from Albuquerque to Mountainair, New Mexico, where we'll spend the next few months settling in and looking for places to put things.

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