Manual

S T O PSWITCH
Your Sunforce Wind Turbine includes a stop switch (50 amps D.C.), which can be used to “stop” the
Wind Generator.
Diagram for Stop Switch
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Caution: Prolongedperiodsof‘opencircuit’or‘free- spin’cancauseexcessive
wearandtearontheturbine.
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GROUNDING
Every wind turbine and turbine tower needs to be grounded at the tower base even though the
system may be grounded at the battery bank. Grounding the tower at its base may help
prevent shocks to persons touching the tower due to lightning or electrical faults.
Please take the time to review the National Electrical Code (NEC) and local building and
zoning regulations for complete requirements. Even in “Off Grid Systems” there are multiple
ways for tower grounding, the most common method is a copper clad steel electrode(s) driven
into the soil. Please view the following grounding diagram. Your Sunforce Wind Turbine has an
ARGENTATE ground line included for this purpose.
Example of grounding a wind turbine
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