Great --thanks for the info! I was pretty surprised to see how weak the blades were after so short a time, and not even

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I'll send the blades back in. Thanks a ton for the info --I never would have realized this about my blades had a friend on board my boat not inadvertently ran his hand down one of the blades when the unit was down, and he remarked about weakness/deterioration on the blade edges, just by chance.

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Air Breeze wind gen blades --UV degradation/weakening of blad edges? Anyone else experience this?
- I find that the blades on wind generators are, in general,
  - I may have already regaled you with this incident...
    - Cool, Ron --thanks for the info. Never heard of the stuff. Seems worth it to get some...I see very good reviews of
    - Ron, I can see that just as if I was
  - I sanded my Kiss blades
    - Dan, do you mean you sanded and then painted them? (You said just "sanded".)
      - Just sanded them.
- they will replace your blades
  - Great --thanks for the info! I was pretty surprised to see how weak the blades were after so short a time, and not even
  - Don't do it!!
    - I'm confused --Hotwire's site shows that they deal in KISS wind gens, not Air Breeze/Air-X
      - Yes, they carry the blades
        
        Thanks again for the info, Dan. But I'm wondering if you're thinking about
        
        Thinking back
        
        Practical Sailor mag did a fairly extensive comparison of various models
        
        I remember reading that when I was doing my research
    - Air Breeze blades are a warranty item
      - Perfect --thanks for clarifying. All makes sense now. I'll contact Air Marine.

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