You might have seen the photo in the recent thread about the bad weather, but the wind turbine on this project suffered considerable damage when the mast came down in the storm a few weeks ago:
As well as a new set of blades, I had to replace the main bearings
and the complete rotor assembly (shaft and permanent magnet in one) which took a pounding.
It cost about £450 just for the parts!
[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 03-02-2007).]