Probably more for the overseas members of this parish….

[HinewaisMan]

I’ve sailed to the UK from Australia and a mix of filial duties and Covid means I’m still here.

So, let’s get into a big maintenance cycle I thought.

Now I have a couple of wind generators. A sleek sexy flowing AirX and an Aerogen.

I loved that Aerogen, a great British design. Who needs that wind tunnel tested tail of the AirX when a sheet of steel at the end of a bit of tube works so well.

But sadly after 20 odd years, the Aerogen died.

But happily, one of the members of this parish sold me a 2nd hand Aero4Gen, which I finally went to fit a few months back.

But sadly, typically, my pole is 1.5” diam and the Aero4Gen has a 1” fitting.

So I am trying to track down a “Marine Adapter #761”.

Zylem/Jabsco, who used to be the Aerogen agent in the UK, gave it away a while back and all the old parts etc went to a French mob, ATMB Marine.

They have not been very helpful, indeed spectacularly unhelpful, you can almost hear the Gallic shrug over the phone. J'abandonne avec eux.

I think I’ve pretty much exhausted all the places that might have a 761 in the UK and Oz, so wondering if anyone, anywhere in the world, might know a local company that might be able to help me.

Or, who knows, you might say “Hey, finally found a use for that 761 I’ve had on my shelf for years”.

So this is a last gasp attempt to get a real 761. Next it’ll be down to one of the local metal shops to get one fabricated.

Thanks P

 

[Neeves]

Hinewaisman

Sorry cannot help - but agree with all you say about LVM - why ITT bought them, shipped everything to China and left a perfectly good product to rot beggars belief.

On your quest for a convertor - I did not even bother to search but simply had a fabricator make up a pole for me, 2" pole with a 1" tube at the top.

Good Luck

 

[rogerthebodger]

An 1 1/4 " BSP socket will fit into 1 1/2 : O/d tune.

A 3/4 " BSP nipple gas a O/D of just about 1 " dia.

So 1 1/4 " socket with a 1 1/4 to 3/4 reducer then the 3/4" nipple will give you a suitable fitting/

If you then drill and tap 2 holes in the 1 1/4 socket so they will clamp onto your 1 1/2 O/D tube makes it quite rigid

 

[Graham376]

You're most likely looking at having one fabricated

Sorry cannot help - but agree with all you say about LVM - why ITT bought them, shipped everything to China and left a perfectly good product to rot beggars belief.

ITT said they put LVM up for sale as a going concern but no-one wanted to buy the company. One of their best products was the 12v drill, fortunately mine's still going strong after 25 years or so.