Geoff,

You should have received a short tapered threaded shaft that is identical
to the shaft on the generator itself. You install it into the hub with the
blades attached (hub/blade assembly not installed on the generator).
Then you arrange a couple of horizontal surfaces close enough together
to allow the assembly to rest with the shaft with one end on each surface.
Two tables moved close together is what I used. That
way the hub/blades can rotate almost frictionless. Then you observe the
heavy
blade drop and incrementally remove the tape until you can give the blades
a spin and have no particular blade end up at the bottom. Take a look at the
section entitled "Rotor Balancing" in the manual. It describes the entire
process.

Doug
s/v Callista


"GeoffSchultz" wrote in message
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Balanceing the blades has never required doing it on the generator
itself.
Only the blade assembly (hub + blades) using the supplied balancing
shaft
is necessary.

Call me confused. What "supplied balancing shaft" are you talking
about. I never received anything like that.

-- Geoff