Hi, did you ever get your problem resolved? We have been victimized by a neighboring Skystream 3.7 for 4 years, now. Here is some of what we have learned:
1. Living next door to a wind turbine has an extremely negative impact on our quality of life. We live in an area that is windy enough to spin the turbine approximately 5 out of every 7 days. We can no longer enjoy our meals outdoors, garden peacefully, nor sleep with our windows open, even on the hottest nights of the year except on rare occasions.
2. The cut-in speed of the Skystream 3.7 is said to be 8mph, but the turbine is capable of spinning when there is barely a breeze at ground level. This means that the smallest welcomed breath of moving air in this remote desert location can be, and often is, infected with the noise pollution of the turbine.
3. By the company brochure's own admission, the turbine frequently operates in the 50 to 60 decibel range. It is our understanding that the decibel limits for our S-92 zoning are 45 at night and 50 during the day, so we have been continually baffled as to how this permit got approved.
4. The turbine can sound like a small plane in the distance, a helicopter hovering with blades chopping, or the high-pitched whine of a passing motorcycle. It can also sound like rattling chains. The difference is that these other sounds would be fleeting whereas the turbine can, and has, run at times consistently for days, or nights, on end.
5. Despite what it says in the brochure, the wind turbine noise is almost ALWAYS audible to the ear above the background. When in operation, the turbine's sound is significant enough to infect every corner of our 1 3/4 acre property including the interior spaces of our home and can also be heard a quarter of a mile away in the adjacent Anza-Borrego State Park. Unlike the city, there are no sounds of light industry, car alarms or a constant buzz of traffic to mask the Turbine's sound.
6. Finally, since the turbine was placed due west of our home, every late afternoon and early evening, starting in Spring, a STROBE or rapidly flickering light is cast onto our land and, at times, into our house. This can be extremely disconcerting and it is my understanding that it can have serious health consequences, but my enquiries with the county, so far, have yielded simply that "it's unfortunate."
