Products & Prices

Products:  Turbines | Towers | Misc. Electrical | Batteries | Inverters | Pumps | Books, Etc.
Wind Turbines                        Turbine Price List (1 & 10 kW)

Bergey XL.1

2.5 m (8.2 ft.) Diameter

1000 W at 11 m/s (25 mph)

5.2 kWh / Day Nominal 

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Bergey 1500

3.2 m (10 ft.) Diameter

1500 W at 12 m/s (27 mph)

6.5 kWh / Day Nominal

Discontinued, Feb 2002

Bergey Excel

7 m (22 ft.) Diameter

10 kW at 13 m/s (29 mph)

(Battery Charging:  7.5 kW)

35 kWh / Day Nominal

Ruggedness and Reliability:  See Why Bergey Turbines are Just Built Better  
    By Application:  Grid-Connection      (click here for an Overview)

    • 10 kW - Bergey Excel-S, with GridTek 10 Power Processor - 240 VAC, 60 Hz or 230 VAC, 50 Hz, Single Phase
    By Application:  Battery Charging    (click here for an Overview)

    • 7.5 kW, Bergey Excel-R, with OptiCharge regulator - 48, 120, or 240 VDC

    • 1 kW, Bergey XL.1, with PowerCenter integrated controller - 24 VDC only
    By Application:  Water Pumping   

    • DIRECT PUMPING SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

    • 1 kW, Bergey XL.1, with battery, inverter, and Grundfos SQ pump
Towers                                                     Tower Price List
(Hint:  A tower too short is like putting a solar system in the shade)

Guyed-Lattice

Pro: Best Value

Pro: Easy Install, with crane

Con: Guy Wires

Available Heights:

12-43m (40-140 ft)

10 kW Only

Best for 10 kW

Tilt-up, Tube

Pro: Easy Install, without crane

Con: Guy Wires

Available Heights:

18-30m (60-100 ft)

1  kW Only

Best for 1 kW (info)

"SSV" Type

Pro: No Guy Wires

Pro: Good Looks

Con: Higher Costs

Available Heights

18-43m (60-140 ft)

10 kW Only

Tilt-up, Lattice

Pro: Lowers in hurricane or typhoon

Pro: Installs without crane

Con: Higher Costs

Available Heights:

18-30m (60-100 ft)

10 kW Only

 
Misc. Electrical Equipment               Misc. Elect. Price List

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 Tower Wiring Kits

These kits included a disconnect switch, special tower wire, and a lightning surge arrestor.  They make installation easier and more "professional".

 
Battery Strings                                     Battery Price List
BWC sells batteries in "strings" of the standard voltages (12, 24, 48, 120 & 240 VDC) and capacity (AH or ampere-hours).  A 48 VDC string might, for example, contain eight 6 VDC batteries which would be connected in series.

Consumer Type

These battery strings use the Trojan T-105 (220 AH) and L-16 (350 AH), or equivalent, deep-cycle flooded-cell lead-acid  batteries.

  Pro:  Best value !

  Pro:  Easier to transport (less heavy)

  Con: Requires more frequent filling with distilled water

  Con: Somewhat shorter expected cycle life

These batteries are recommended for most applications.

 

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 Commercial Type

These battery strings use the GNB Re-Source Commander, or equivalent, deep-cycle flooded-cell lead-acid batteries.

  Pro:  Larger AH capacities possible

  Pro:  Somewhat longer expected cycle life

  Con:  Requires filling with distilled water

  Con:  Harder to transport

 

Industrial / Telecom Type

These battery strings use the GNB Absolyte IIP, or equivalent, deep-cycle gel-cell (sealed) lead-acid batteries.

  Pro:  Maintenance-free

  Pro:  Freeze-tolerance

  Con:  Expensive

  Con:  Harder to transport
Inverters                                            Inverter Price List

  

Sine-Wave Type

These inverters are from Trace Engineering, Trace Technologies, and Advanced Energy Systems.  The smaller units are standard products, while the larger system ( over ~ 20 kW) are usually custom ordered.

  Pro:  Best power quality and features

  Pro:  Can control back-up generator

  Con:  More expensive than modified sine wave units

These inverters are recommended for most applications.

 

Modified Sine-Wave Type

These inverters are from Trace Engineering.

  Pro:  Lower costs

  Con:  May cause noise and other problems with some loads
Submersible Water Pumps                 Pumps Price List

These pumps are from Grundfos and the motors are from Franklin Electric.  They are specifically matched to the BWC 1.5 and 10 kW wind-electric water pumping systems.

  Pro:  All stainless steel

  Con:  Somewhat more expensive than non-stainless pumps
Books & Other Stuff        (Sorry, prices are not available at this time)

 

 Books

[ Surprisingly interesting reading ! ]

 

 Wind Loggers & Masts

These products are from NRG Systems.

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 Bergey Hats, Shirts, Etc.

[ Available soon ]

 
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