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KarlJ

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Posted: 08:54am 18 Oct 2009

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Has anyone heard of Nyerimilang?

It's off the hyway from Bairnsdale to Lakes Entrance.

I dropped into to say gday and ask about this huge piece of kit.

By my estimates its on a 30m freestanding tower and is in the range of 20KW+ (my est).

I has a rectangular cowling over the generator assembly and has pitch control on the blades, the tail has an "H" on it.

The farm manager said it was designed to pump water with a submersible electric pump in an adjacent bore, problem was that the bore ran dry after about 2mins of pumping, then required 40mins for the bore to recover. Later some of the control equipment was stolen and as a result the turbine has been shut down.

You would need a BIG crane to take it down, the tower in two pieces, one about 20M the top section about 10M.

Its sitting on about 500T++ of concrete from my (estimation)pad is about 3mx3m and apparently 4-5m deep.

SO.....the thing is for sale. He is open to offers but the "new" price was $145K installed about 10years ago.

I'm estimating it would cost a few thousand just to take it down, let alone move it and re-install it.

I'm guessing it will go for SCRAP value and you would have to take it down.

I have the managers email address but other than what is above he has NO data whatsoever.

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KarlJ

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Posted: 09:13am 18 Oct 2009

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FYI it was sourced from Europe about 10 years ago, has three blades and a "normal" furling type tail.

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Gizmo

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Posted: 12:27pm 18 Oct 2009

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Now if only I had a few thousand $ and a crane.

I wonder if the farmer is aware he could possibly grid tie the thing and make some money. Maybe he should have a chat to the local electricity board.

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KarlJ

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Posted: 05:11am 19 Oct 2009

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He's "over it"

or at least the manager is.

Apparently owned by a guy who ownes a (spaghetti, fruit, dog food etc) canning operation (among many other things.

So a few years back money was no object, just that the bore was no good screwed him.

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Smart Drives

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Posted: 08:27am 19 Oct 2009

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Have you got a photo of it ?

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KarlJ

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Posted: 10:41am 20 Oct 2009

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Yeah, should have taken a camera.
Give me a couple of weeks and I'll get back up there and take some shots.

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KarlJ

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Posted: 03:44am 09 Nov 2009

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I found it on google earth.
Resolution is crappy
Lat 37�52'2.47"S
Long 147�54'30.69"E

you can see the huge shadow on the ground from the tower.

prob be up there next weekend

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Posted: 11:54am 10 Dec 2009

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hey mate , did you follow up on this ?

might be interested if you dont

sydneygold888at hot( mail) dot) com

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KarlJ

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Posted: 08:02am 12 Dec 2009

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I didn't get up there last week as intended but I'll get there sooner or later and take some pics.

Karl

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KarlJ

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Posted: 11:53am 15 Dec 2009

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Getting up there again Thursday......

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KarlJ

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Posted: 03:00am 19 Dec 2009

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Here are the pics at long last!

and the competition.....

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Tim_the_bloke

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Posted: 08:20am 19 Dec 2009

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I wish...
But it is beyond me.
Hopefully someone here has the resources to move this.

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Posted: 09:54am 19 Dec 2009

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i got some ballpark prices

crane $ 8000 - $ 11,000

oversize load on a semi trailer ( 20 metre tower ) $ 3400

cherry picker hire at about $ 2400

fall arrestors and safety harness

fitters truck required with 60 CFM air compressor , 1 1/2 inch drive rattle gun and oxy acetylene ready in case of rusted bolts

then what happens if you book everyone for the job but the wind comes up........

everybody goes home without doing any work coz you dont go up 35 meters in a cherry picker if its windy and you still have to pay everyone , and the crane guys would probably ask for half a days hire even if they only sit there for 30 minutes.

compare the costs above to just buying a brand new 30 KW wind turbine from china for $ 17,000 complete and ready to go with controllers and everything

notice the blades are facing the wrong way

they either have a damaged pitch control or somebody has been up there to manually rotate the blades to prevent it operating.

nice dream anyway

KarlJ

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Posted: 11:23am 19 Dec 2009

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Its shut down yes

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