AIR Owner's Manual

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REGULATION STOP: If the high voltage threshold is conrmed via
REGULATION FLOAT (per the potenometer/baery regulaon set
screw seng), the AIR shis to REGULATION STOP and stops charging
the baery; blades will slow dramacally or stop. The turbine remains
in regulaon unl the baery voltage drops below the regulaon set
point (cut-in voltage). The blades then resume spinning in response to
the available wind.
In REGULATION STOP, the turbine’s LED will blink approximately once
per second or 3 mes per second depending on the code revision level
of your turbine.
When the baery voltage drops to the cut-in voltage; which is slightly
lower than voltage set point, AIR re -enters REGULATION FLOAT and
subsequently POWER MODE. The dierence between the two values is
termed “hysteresis” and is purposely done to prevent the turbine from
bouncing in and out of a single regulaon set point.
OPERATION SUMMARY
(REGULATION MODES—connued)
REGULATION FLOAT: When the baery voltage set point has
been reached, the turbine enters a temporary mode called REGULA-
TION FLOAT where the voltage is briey monitored to conrm the high
voltage readings. Depending on the code revision, the LED will either
blink erracally (quick blinks followed by long blinks) or blink approxi-
mately 3 mes per second. Aer a short me, the turbine will shi to
REGULATION STOP or back to POWER MODE (depending on the
baery voltage readings).
OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS: AIR spins freely if disconnected from an
electrical load (i.e. baery). This results in a cycle of rapid blade speed increas-
es followed by rapid braking. This accelerates turbine wear and is non-
producve. Primus Wind Power recommends:
• Using a properly installed switch to turn AIR o for short periods of me
• Lowering the turbine completely or securing the blades to prevent rotaon if
the turbine will be shut down for an extended period of me
BASIC LED (light) FUNCTION:
• LED at “power up” mode will have two slow “BLINKS” (this should be
veried prior to raising tower )
• LED “SOLID” indicates “operaon or charging mode”
• LED “FAST” blink indicates “overspeed protecon or regulaon mode”
CONTACT PRIMUS WIND POWER TECH SUPPORT FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE
should none of these LED funcons be acve!
IMPORTANT: The AIR turbine may not charge if baery open circuit voltage
drops below 10.5V (12V system), 21V (24V) and 42 V (48V system) as the internal
charge control circuit may not recognize that the baery is connected to the turbine
f when connected voltage drops further indicang a totally “dead” baery.