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Tim -----Original Message----- > From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Date: 08/18/15 05:10 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquity radios on 12 V > > You gotta think in watts. Solar panels cost about 75 cents per watt. > Batteries cost about 20-35 cents per watt hour. Volts don't really matter > until you go pick a charge controller etc. > > So, you are talking about two radios, right? Perhaps 10 watts each max? > 20 watts total load? > > 2 weeks of autonomy is what I recommend, so 20 x 24 x 14 = 6720 watt hours > of storage. > $1300 for the battery. 20x times the load for the panel. 400 watts of > panel. That will cost you about $300. So, perhaps $1600 for the works > (charge controller will be maybe $100). > > Depends if you can get to the site in winter. How much snow you have. How > many overcast days you have etc etc. You could cut back on the battery and > install a remote start generator. > > And I have probably wildly overestimated to load too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig House > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 3:04 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquity radios on 12 V > > Only the number of batteries that I would need to have but then I've never > done solar and battery powered stuff before so maybe I'm not thinking about > this correctly > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 18, 2015, at 16:02, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > > > Is there a reason you don't want to use 24 volts? > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Craig House > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:56 PM > > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Ubiquity radios on 12 V > > > > I have a customer who is wanting a relay pole installed on the top of the > > hill that he owns in order to bring line of sight service from one of our > > towers and bounce it down to his facilities in the Valley. There is no > > power within a half a mile of this location and I'm curious if to ubiquity > > radios would run on 12 V batteries without problems. I can get a small > > solar panel set up and test to see how long they will last but before I > > power them from 12 V I want to make sure it's even possible for them to > > work > > > > Sent from my iPhone
