1600 Watt 11 Blade Missouri Raider Wind Turbine (black, 48 Volts)

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I recently purchased this after extensive research and what sold me was first the price, the AC output and the bountiful videos that the (now retired) owner of this company has on the YouTube. I highly appreciate his openness and willingness to teach people, like me, that want to do it themselves. Although, the way he explains things can be a bit painfully basic to someone with moderate electrical knowledge, they are worth watching if you're green to green energy. MWS seems to be my type of business, honest and fair, trying to give you a good product at a reasonable price and not just a bunch of salesmen that are just selling a crappy copy of a mainstream product to make money. I have yet to install this item on my barn (which i'm aware is not the ideal, but its the only place I'm allowed to mount it) and i will update my review once i have it up and running.my first impression is quite good. the box arrived timely, and was well packaged with everything they said it was going to (something I've found to be a rarity lately). it's very well constructed, and i like that the tail and mounting frame are hot dipped galvanized, not electroplated zinc so it should have a very long service life. They just need to do a better job cleaning the galvanized drips off the parts around the holes for the pole mount; the surface the nylon washer rides on is uneven with sharp drips that i need to smooth out or it's going to wear on the nylon. For haha's I popped an Allen wrench into the generator shaft and put my multi-meter onto the leads and got 6 or 7 volts AC just spinning it by hand. I can't wait to set this thing up!the instructions that come with this unit are very basic, and give you all the info on how to assemble it, but very little on what you need for the subsequent equipment to actually utilize the power. one thing I'm having a hard time finding is any appropriate information on how to size any of the battery management equipment and how big of a grid-tie inverter I'll need to keep from unbalancing my generator input from my system consumption to maximize my battery life. nobody can seem to tell me if i absolutely need the 440 amp charge controller suggested on the ad or can I get away with a smaller one? is there a chart available that shows any form of output per wind speed? what type of wind speeds do i need to achieve the 1600 watts? do I need a dump load? wouldn't the grid tie be a form of dump load, since there will be a constant system draw? i need a better understanding of how wind speed will translate into usable DC amperage after the rectifiers (planning a 24v system) so that i don't blow up my charge controller or constantly resetting breakers because i went to small, or end up spending way more money than i need to on a system that turned out to be over-rated by 300%