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On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 3:05 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:

> I know ILECs with zero employees.  The first ILEC I worked for had 2
> employees.
> The most recent one I worked for had 15 employees.
>
> *From:* Josh Luthman
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 3, 2022 11:53 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Cc:* Chuck McCown
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 20kw/hr in the bottom of my rack
>
> 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”
>> >>> Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services
>> >>> Office: 314-735-0270  Website: http://www.linktechs.net
>> >>> Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com
>> >>>
>> >>> -----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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