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Old December 9th 11, 05:59 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
[email protected] martin.dixon@diamond.co.uk is offline
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Default wind turbine blows up in todays storm

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Weatherlawyer wrote:

On Dec 9, 2:13*pm, "Tom Allen" wrote:
"Scott W" wrote in message

It seems to be facing down wind, perhaps there is no reverse gear.


Maybe the brakes need replacing?

Apparently the brakes failed causing the turbine to overspeed.

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