iSta Breeze i2000 Windsafe wind turbine, first day up!

[@johnyma22]

I'd love to see a follow up video about how well the i2000 is performing!

[@omm7763]

I think you need to venture into high-voltage wind turbines. The benefit is the cost of the wiring and the cost of the control circuits. The downfall is the step down transformer. My step town transformer did cost me an extra $400. But I do believe I will save that in the size of the wiring.

[@ToysforWatts]

I'm actually sitting on a 400vac iSta Breeze Heli 4.0 so I will be dealing with some higher voltage stuff shortly.

[@Tailfeatherz]

Have u ever showed us what u use your power for and what you do with excess power.

[@noralhoda6495]

My friend a question, how many amperes (watts) This taurine (i1500) gives practically when the wind is good

[@umitzeyrek5310]

hi, is the winding single wrapped, is the connection star-shaped, how many mm wire is used?

[@altinelenerji]

Please use the black carbon repellers with the winsafe wind turbine.The standard repellers are too soft and there is a risk that they touch the tower.

[@ToysforWatts]

I'll have to risk it for now, unfortunately...the black blades I had are staying with the i1500. I'll have to order some more of the black ones. I didn't know the black ones were more rigid.

[@davidhingston2718]

​@@ToysforWatts I doubt you need to worry about this because the turbine will tilt when the blades may have otherwise been at risk of touching the tower. Only risk would be if the tilt mechanism locked.

[@behappymike]

Looking really good. my i2000 arrived last week and I've just put it up. Heavy little thing isn't it!!! Just wondering what do you hook your i2k up to? a power output meter and an an inverter? which inverter are you using? I've coupled mine to a grid tie inverter and with a good strong wind its only producing around 150w. Unsure if this is due to the turbine or the inverter so just looking for ways to check it really.

[@ToysforWatts]

Hi micheal I use my turbines to charge batteries, then I use grid tie inverters to dump the batteries. If you hook directly up to a grid tie inverter they'll often had a really hard time tracking the incoming voltage. What kind of inverter are you using?

[@behappymike]

@@ToysforWatts I use a grid tie inverter from Amazon. I think after watching it today that turbulence might be an issue as it managed to produce 800w in a gust but then struggled with wind direction. I might have a think about relocating it and getting it higher.

[@arjenroelofs7388]

@@behappymike which one do you have?

[@behappymike]

@@arjenroelofs7388 hello, if you search Amazon for item B09BCP7F3N that is the one I have.

[@arjenroelofs7388]

@@behappymike thank you very much

[@ChampionCCC]

To create a brake, do you simply short out all three phase wires ?

[@ToysforWatts]

That's the simplest way, yes.

[@vinnyfiorella6135]

what do you need for average wind speeds for the ista Breeze. So far it looks like my favorite micro turbine. I looked up my location online and found the average wind speed is supposedly 8Mph. Do you think that's enough. If I can get it up 60Ft do you think that would make up for the low average wind speed?

[@crazyfvck]

@Vinny Fiorella I'm curious too. The average wind speed for my area is 10mph. I don't know about the i2000, but the i1500 was available with either 3 or 5 blades. I'm assuming the extra blades made it function better in low wind, possibly as a tradeoff for better performance with high wind?

[@vinnyfiorella5082]

@@crazyfvck ill try to remember to come back with my findings. I am not financially ready to take this on trying to do it right and professionally. You are correct in that the 5 blade will function better in low wind but as the wind gets faster you lose efficiency because of the extra wind drag. another obstacle I have found I have to over come it that in the winter I can get as much as 65 mph wind gust. I'm trying to figure out if at these speeds the whole turbine just shuts down or if it brakes the turbine while still producing power. I cant get a break. If I have low average wind speeds in the summer and wind speeds to fast that will kick it off in the winter it might not make sense to even do this in the first place. I'm looking at all my options of the big three including wind/solar/and hydro power.

[@SetitesTechAdventures]

I've just found you. I went through some old videos. Is there a eBay turbine you like that is still available? It seems the links I found were sold out.

[@ToysforWatts]

Most of the Chinese turbines are no longer available...that's one of the selling tactics they use: make them look different then it's a different model and maybe it works better (but it's still the same inside). They're always a gamble...some of them are good, some aren't, just got to try one. I can say that I have become quite fond of iSta Breeze's products and they're all available on eBay and Amazon.

[@williamhumphrey5185]

@@ToysforWatts just found your KZbin page seems pretty interesting have you had any luck with vertical access generators I'm looking for one that'll work on my boat don't want something with big blades flying around over my head prefer the safety of vertical please advise thank you

[@crazyfvck]

@@ToysforWatts iSta Breeze seems to be a Turkish company, which may be why they are more reliable and less of a scam. Of course, their products are also more expensive than the Chinese turbines, but you get what you pay for!

[@sAINT898]

What are your thoughts on the windsafe part of these turbines? Good, bad, worth it?

[@ToysforWatts]

The bigger the turbine the more useful the feature is. For my i1500 it wouldn't have been worth the additonal cost, the turbine handled high winds without any trouble and the output was still mild enough that my controllers could keep up. With my i2000, it's not a bad feature and it's not a good feature, I could go either way. With the Heli 2.0 it's pretty essential because it helps regulate blade speed and those big wooden blades can't handle being over-run. There's a few stress fractures on them as is from me being a bit abusive with the RPM. The bigger the rotor, the more important some kind of mechanical furl is going to be.

[@jaredlarson2810]

That place blows. You must be in Kansas.

[@ToysforWatts]

not quite but close

[@stupidmonkeykev]

be interesting to see against the Heli

[@LifestylePTLLC]

How are you liking this turbine? I am considering purchasing the same one. Any words of wisdom?

[@LifestylePTLLC]

After reading all of the comments it seems it might not be worth the cost for the wind safe 2000w Ista breeze model. I’m just worried the i1500 will get over spun in a storm without the “wind safe” option. @toysforwatts do you worry about this? What max wind speeds have you seen with your i1500 Ista breeze turbine? Thanks in advance!

[@alphakilo-delta4057]

@Toys for Watts Hello Sir. I have a few questions I'm hoping you can be of help with. I have an Ista Breeze i2000 And their hybrid wind and solar charge controller. So far I am pleased with the turbine and its output when I have sufficient wind. My question is in relation to how your set up works. I am not overly happy with the controller I have and was curious about building my own low wind charging set up using a bridge rectifier and a dc-dc boost converter. How do you manually brake the turbine? I noticed a plug set up. What exactly do you short? I was thinking of running a homebrewed set up when I'm home and then making a bypass back to the controller if I'm away from home or just shut it down all together. What monitors are those that you use? So far I've only seen a peak of 900watts out of the turbine and figured building a booster set up may yield more usable power from what I have.

[@ToysforWatts]

In my videos you can see power receptacles at the top of my control panel...I use 120vac plugs and outlets to connect my turbines to my panel, and to brake them I have a plug with the three leads tied together and I just plug that into the other receptacle. It shorts the phases. It's manual, I need to set up some means of automatically doing it but haven't gotten there yet. I would recommend not using a booster...I have not yet seen one that actually improves performance.

[@alphakilo-delta4057]

@@ToysforWatts Thank you for the response. Appreciate it. I do have another small Chinese turbine I may try the boosting on. It's a 24v instead of the Ista at 48v. Just see if I can actually boost it. I really thinking my issue at this point is exposure. My i2000 is just not high enough to get the full effect of the wind here. Which bums me out. But I do have some options. Lightening is my only worry on getting the turbine up much higher. Here is WV we can some nasty storms. Thanks again.

[@alphakilo-delta4057]

@@ToysforWatts kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGObYYahg718mtk

[@LuberthDijkman]

Wind farm? ;-)

[@gilbertjaramillo8735]

Can I use a 24v external rectifier on this 48v model? I only have 2 12v 100ah batteries for storage.

[@ToysforWatts]

If you have a 24v version of the turbine then yes. If you have a 48v turbine trying to charge a 24v battery bank will very likely choke the turbine down. It'll have a very hard time starting and if it does start up will easily overpower your batteries and cause damage.

[@gilbertjaramillo8735]

@@ToysforWatts I already have two working 24v wind turbines of 1300w each, but I wanted to buy an I-2000w which is 48v. I have spare rectifier that is 24v so I was hoping that would work for my two 12v battery bank. Guess I would have to buy two more batteries to make the battery bank 48 v. Or I can opt for the i-1500w, which is 24v, but I just wanted the extra wattage. Thank you for the info.

[@ToysforWatts]

The performance difference between the i1500 and i2000 is not significant. If you have an existing and working 24v setup it's not worth changing it out just for the i2000, the i1500 is an excellent machine.

[@gilbertjaramillo8735]

​@@ToysforWatts I will get the i-1500w one then. Thank you. Love your videos, so informative.

[@LifestylePTLLC]

@@ToysforWattsthank you for this comment, it is helpful!

[@robertoleszek8361]

Hi. My ista breeze i-2000 doesn't start on 5m/s Wind blows over 8m/s? Still no production

[@ToysforWatts]

Is it a 24v or 48v model? What kind of controller are you using? What battery voltage?

[@robertoleszek8361]

@@ToysforWatts its 48v

[@robertoleszek8361]

@@ToysforWatts its it orginal ista breeze 2kw 48v dc charging controller

[@Tomas_Tom_Sevcik]

@@robertoleszek8361 is it possible on the ista breeze charging controller to change voltages (bulk, float, brake,....) for user or not?

[@robertoleszek8361]

@@Tomas_Tom_Sevcik it behaves like 24v 1500w

[@dapperdave2090]

smooth out the jerky camera movements

[@medic7dave]

It sucks I can't get the last few minutes of my life back