ILEC has 700 employees minimum so they have up to 2 techs to roll out with
a generator...

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:17 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

> For an ILEC, the statutory requirement used to be 8 hours minimum battery
> life.  I think that is a reasonable amount if you have a generator or have
> a
> portable that could be connected within the 8 hour limit.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert
> Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 20kw/hr in the bottom of my rack
>
> My worry about the 30KW of batteries is a "what if"...   It's basically
> a monster electrical bomb...  I fused them, but if something happens to
> one of them in the rack, it isn't going to be pretty...  Water is my
> worry...
>
> On 2/3/22 8:47 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> > It’s that ‘almost’ that drives me nuts.   With over 100 sites and
> multiple
> > generators the odds of all of them starting all of the time are low.
>  Yes
> > we do self tests (and sometimes even notice when they fail)  but even
> then
> > they sometimes still manage to let us down.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 3, 2022, at 11:21 AM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> My generator "almost always" will start and run in 2 minutes.  I just
> >> realized that I did not do what I used to do with all the generators.
> I
> >> would relocate the battery into the temp controlled building and put an
> >> aux trickle charger on them.  We need to do that with my latest central
> >> office. I also had telemetry on them so we could remotely check on them
> >> to see if they were exercising each week.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Radabaugh
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:19 AM
> >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 20kw/hr in the bottom of my rack
> >>
> >> Heh….    2 minutes while the genset starts is a fantasy.     Minimum is
> 4
> >> hours of battery so when the power goes out and the generator fails to
> >> start that you have time to go to the shop, get a portable generator,
> >> drive to the site and beat the standby generator into submission or
> hook
> >> up the portable. 24 hours of battery if you like to sleep.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Feb 3, 2022, at 8:01 AM, Dennis Burgess <[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 20kw genset with transfer switch is 5k.  don't know if this is a
> better
> >>> solution. I would venture to state that it would not be.  Drop in a
> >>> genset and a small battery just to keep things up for the 2 minutes
> >>> while the genset starts.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer
> >>> MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, MTCINE, MTCSE, HE IPv6 Sage, Cambium ePMP
> >>> Certified
> >>> Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition”
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> >>> Office: 314-735-0270  Website: http://www.linktechs.net
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> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert Andrews
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 5:02 PM
> >>> To: [email protected]
> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 20kw/hr in the bottom of my rack
> >>>
> >>> Those run $1.7K plus shipping each from Signature Solar...
> >>>
> >>> On 2/2/22 2:56 PM, Erich Kaiser wrote:
> >>>> How much vs Generator?
> >>>>
> >>>> I have always been a fan of both.
> >>>>
> >>>> Erich Kaiser
> >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> >>>> Office: 815-570-3101
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 4:53 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>    I would never want to be without a generator, irrespective of the
> >>>>    size of my battery.  A car crash on the right pole can have you out
> >>>>    of commercial power for days, I know of one road it was out for a
> >>>>    full month.  Freight train caught a transmission line and about 20
> >>>>    100’ poles all snapped off like dominos.
> >>>>    *From:* Peter Kranz via AF
> >>>>    *Sent:* Wednesday, February 2, 2022 3:46 PM
> >>>>    *To:* [email protected]
> >>>>    *Cc:* Peter Kranz
> >>>>    *Subject:* [AFMUG] 20kw/hr in the bottom of my rack
> >>>>
> >>>>    No more generator here.. 40hrs of backup battery capacity for this
> >>>>    500W site.____
> >>>>
> >>>>    ____
> >>>>
> >>>>    ____
> >>>>
> >>>>    ____
> >>>>
> >>>>    Peter Kranz
> >>>>    www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/>
> >>>>    Desk: 510-868-1614 x100
> >>>>    Mobile: 510-207-0000
> >>>>    [email protected]____
> >>>>
> >>>>    ____
> >>>>
> >>>>
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