Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more

2010-02-19 Thread Paul Plack
- From: Tony VE6MVP To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:16 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more Folks I've been reading the low voltage disconnect thread with a great deal of interest

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more

2010-02-19 Thread Nate Duehr
On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Kris Kirby wrote: Generators and fuel are a lot of trouble. (Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need to borrow a snowmobile for the last 400 yards or so.) This is when you have to ask yourself: Is it really worth the hardship

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more

2010-02-19 Thread Ralph S. Turk
AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more   On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Kris Kirby wrote: Generators and fuel are a lot of trouble. (Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need

[Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more

2010-02-18 Thread Tony VE6MVP
Folks I've been reading the low voltage disconnect thread with a great deal of interest. Thanks for the tips and suggestions. We're putting up a VHF repeater and two UHF link radios on a solar/wind power site.Given Alberta winters what would you folks suggest as a low voltage

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more

2010-02-18 Thread Kris Kirby
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Tony VE6MVP wrote: Also we're thinking of having a backup power generator being a lawn mower motor hooked up to an auto style alternator and a rioughly eight or ten hour fuel tank.If the batteries get too low then we'll just attempt to get into the site, fire up