Primus Wind Power AIR 40 User Manual
AIR
Owner’s Manual 29
Wire Connections to AIR wind turbine
Secure connections using “split bolt” or solder connectors. Use color coded
wires – red for battery positive, black for battery negative, and green for earth
ground. Size wiring based on wiring tables provided. Insulate connections with
heat shrink tubing or good quality electrical tape. Leave sucient service loop
in the wires to accommodate removal of the turbine from the tower.
WARNING: Do not connect wires to batteries
until all electrical connections are completed.
2005 NEC Section Topic
Article 250.52, item 5 Tower Grounding
Article 250.53, item A Tower Grounding
Article 250.53, item G Grounding Electrode Installation
Article 250.64 Grounding Conductor Routing and Placement
Article 250.66, item A Grounding Conductor Size
Article 270.70 Bonding of Grounding Conductor
Fig. 16 Tower Grounding
Final Connections
Follow system wiring diagram and run wires to disconnect switch, fuse or
circuit breaker and ammeter.
Before making battery connections, make sure circuit breakers and stop
switch (highly recommended) are in the OFF position. Attach wires to
battery; red to positive battery terminal and black to negative battery
terminal.
Complete battery connections and switch ON circuit breakers and stop
switch. When power is switched on, the turbine LED will illuminate for
two seconds, go o for two seconds and illuminate for four seconds. This
indicates the internal controller is functioning. The LED remains illuminated
if the turbine is charging the battery.
The installation is now complete.
WARNING: Reversed wire connections will damage the AIR wind turbine’s elec-
tronics. The polarity of the AIR wind turbine’s wires may be checked by connect-
ing a voltmeter to the wires and spinning the rotor by hand.