Lloyd Dunn (1912-1978) founded Dunlite in 1935. Lloyd and his crew built excellent wind turbines at their plant in Hindmarsh, Australia. The company has been sold and the new owners do not build wind turbines nor support the ones that the Dunn family manufactured.
Quirk’s Victory Light Company in Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia, also sold these machines under the Quirk's name. Quirk’s is now a solar energy business in Sydney Australia. When I contacted them, the current staff was completely unaware that wind turbines were ever sold with their name on them. These machines were imported into Canada under both names. The documentation is virtually identical with only the name changed.
After I got my first type BP machine running, I decided to post some information about it to help other owners. Soon, I began receiving many interesting e-mails from Dunn family members and Dunlite owners. The amount of interest shown has prompted me to expand this page to include all the information that I can collect on the Dunlite wind turbines.So far, all of the history, newspaper clippings, and Dunlite brochures have come from Lloyd Dunn's daughter Lesley Beresford and from Charlie Nottle, one of his former employees.
I am providing this information to anyone who may need it to service or restore a Dunlite wind turbine. The only Dunlites I've seen are the 2kw type BP machines so I can't offer any assistance with any other model. However, Malcolm Barko can probably help you and he can supply “90% of the parts” from his business, Southwest Solar Portwind in Portland, Victoria, Australia. (Replacement blades have to be custom made).
Thank you to the many Dunlite wind turbine owners who have contributed to the creation of this site by donating copies of their manuals and photos.
Dunlite Wind Turbine Models
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| Type BP |
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8-Pole 3-Phase Brushless Alternator |
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Dunlite History & Newspaper Clippings
History-1
This appears to be the older of the
two history
documents by several years. The original document could not be scanned
using OCR so it was retyped using a word processor. Care was taken to
ensure
that spelling, format and the font of the original document were
retained
as closely as possible. Page 1 was missing.
History-2
The original document was scanned
using optical
character recognition and “touched up” using a word processor. Care was
taken to ensure that the format and the font of the original typewriter
were retained. Pages 1 & 2 were missing.
Events in the
History of Dunlite
This is a time-line that covers
events from 1936
to 1978. There was a hand written correction of one item that was out
of
sequence so I incorporated that change. Thus this document does not
look
identical to the original but it is very close.
| Dunlite History # 1 New 2002 06 17 | Wind Driven Battery Charging Plants New 2003 02 01 | 1949 Newspaper Ad New 2010 02 19 |
| Dunlite History # 2 New 2002 06 17 | Dunlite Is For Real New 2003 02 01 | Blue brochure (5 zipped photos) New 2010 02 19 |
| Events in the History of Dunlite New 2002 06 17 | Grant for New Energy System New 2003 02 01 | Colour brochure (6 zipped photos) New 2010 02 19 |
| Lloyd Dunn's Obituary New 2002 07 15 |
| Manual - (Acrobat format) (78k) Does not include the CAD drawings | One sick puppy - the "before" picture (21k) |
| The Dunlite Wind generator (80k) New 2002 06 17 | My 1st machine - 80’tower, snow scene (43k) |
| Making Replacement Blades (HTML) | My 1st machine - Closer view - running (20k) |
| How Brushless Alternators Work (51k) PDF New 2002 07 15 | Base photo (19k) |
| Brushless Alternators (Home Power Magazine #97 page 68) New 2010 02 19 | Back cover photo (25k) |
| CAD (All DXF drawings listed below zipped into 1 file) (104k) | Brake parts photo (20k) |
| Blade, Blade Stiffener, Tail vane, Tail bracket | Clamps photo (22k) |
| Schematic, Wiring End View | Drive parts photo (20k) |
| Gearbox photo (20k) | |
| Gearbox cover photo (21k) | |
| Diotran voltage regulator module HTML New 2004 01 19 | Rotor photo (19k) |
| Turntable photo (21k) | |
| Dunlite Variable Pitch Power Curve PDF (1,071k) New 2003 02 01 | Exciter Stator photo |
| Blade flat side (front) photo | |
| 1021-73-1 Schematic sheet 1 (791k) | Third base style (photo) New 2010 02 19 |
| 1021-73-2 Schematic sheet 2 (35k) | Blade curved side (rear) photo (15k) |
| 1076 Tower cap (57k) | Blade Root (close-up) photo (49k) |
| 1114 Tower (57k) | Blade Tip (close-up) photo (21k) |
| 2507-B Head (71k) | Blade un-folded photo (23k) New 2004 01 19 |
| 3446 Propeller hub assembly (2 pages PDF) (77k) New 2003 02 01 | Blade Stiffener curved side (rear) photo |
| 3447 Body & Gearbox (2 pages PDF) (111k) New 2003 02 01 | Blade Stiffener flat side (front) photo |
| 3448 Head & Tail Assembly PDF (72k) | |
| 3449 Plant Installation Details PDF (52k) New 2003 02 01 | |
| 3455 Propeller Assembly PDF (77k) | Dunlite BP Brochure (2 pages PDF) (712k) New 2002 06 17 |
| 3469 Tower platform PDF (64k) | Quirks BP Brochure (2 pages PDF) (146k) |
| 3549 Propeller feathering assembly PDF (55k) | Invoice – 1974 Canadian retail price JPG (65k) |
| Parts List with exploded view (3 pages) (2929k) New 2003 02 01 | Right side Tail Front view Left side New 2010 04 18 (Thanks Don) |
| Owner's Manual New 2010 02 20 | Rear view Hub Top view Tower |
Dunlite
32 Volt 750 Watt Gear Drive Wind Turbine
1937 - 1967
| Owner's Manual PDF format (458k) | Brochure (633k) New 2002 06 17 | Photo(45k) New 2004 01 19 |
Dunlite
32 Volt 750 Watt Direct Drive Wind Turbine
1936 - 19__
I do not have a manual for this model. If you have
one, please
send me a copy.
| Owner's Manual wanted | Brochure (562k) New 2002 06 17 | Photos wanted |
Thanks to Thomas Schaeffer
of New Hampshire, USA
for the manual and John Veix of Go Solar in New
Zealand for the
photographs of the 5kw machine.
| Owner's Manual PDF format (2832k) New 2004 01 19 | Brochure page 1 (63k) New 2003 07 01 | Blade and variable pitch hub(20k) New 2003 07 01 |
| Photos (7 zipped photos) New 2010 02 19 | Brochure page 2(43k) New 2003 07 01 | Tail, cradle and alternator (22k) New 2003 07 01 |
Links with Dunlite References
Sorry . . . They vanished.
