[QUOTE=lieu]
I just called someone who both installs them and has a number of them on his ranch.
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Thanks, lieu! 
[QUOTE=Unix Geek]
Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs has all the answers. Like how does a copperhead get into the top of a turbine.
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And what is it eating up there? Are rodents making nests up there, only to have to run all the way down to get out and feed?
[QUOTE=Unix Geek]
Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs has all the answers. Like how does a copperhead get into the top of a turbine. The Oklahoma Wind Farm Technician episode will replay on August 19th at 9:00PM Eastern on the Discovery Channel.
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I saw that one. It only had some of the answers.
[QUOTE=lieu]
I just called someone who both installs them and has a number of them on his ranch. He mentions three things that’ll cause some to be shut in; the transmission line capacity, that a computer shuts them down immediately when something is amiss (breakdown) and that there’s an appreciable amount of routine maintenance required. Collectively, it probably should be common to see 5 to 10% shut in at any given time.
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You’re my hero of the day.
Awesome.