Endurance Turbine Shaft Broke today and blades and Hub on the Ground Some Photos to see.

[SJA]

HI All Endurance Owners

This morning was my worst fear heard and load bang and crash and then saw everything on the ground, Luckily nobody was hurt, I had a IBC of Sheeps trickle under the turbine to the side and of course everything landed on top of the IBC and there is Trickle everywhere. I've attached some photos for people to see. The turbine went up in Oct 2014 and has been doing great. So the fun begins to try and source a company who can supply parts and put things right ect.......

 

[wind up]

mmmm....... not a good day, exactly what we all fear, was your machine monitored? was it under a service contract?
were you warned of potential problem? how many kWh's are on the clock? I guess no insurance . good luck sorting it out , I guess it will be almost a new machine once it is fixed good luck

 

[DC21]

Sad to see. A real risk for anyone with an Endurance turbine on the original EWP shaft design.

 

[Duncan Hilleary]

Really sorry to see that. We ended up biting the bullett in quite a big way, doing a full refurb on our (2014) E3120 in 2019 so feel free to PM me if you need any suggestions.

 

[Lincsman]

Blimey!... apart from the tower what can be reused? I take it the shaft thats sheared is the generator shaft?

 

[jondear]

How high was it ?

 

[BladeTurner]

Blimey!... apart from the tower what can be reused? I take it the shaft thats sheared is the generator shaft?

No, these are not direct driven so it "just" affects the blades, hub and shaft. Unless the blade hits the tower on its way down then its a different kettle of fish...

 

[Still Farming]

Who put it up and Servicing it for you ?
What do they say?