If you get enough panels and batteries you'll be fine. If you cheap out and don't get enough battery run time you'll hate yourself. You're in Florida so I think with the lack of winter and a proper budget (batteries) you'll have no problems.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > You are correct on your calculations… my spreadsheet formula was wrong J > I just came up with 104 watts. > > > > I will ask the question naively.. why would you expect a headache? Isn’t > solar tried and true these days? > > > > I am dealing with every aspect of surge protection I possibly can at every > level already, as this summer has been a monster for us on surges. So, am > doing the fiber up the tower in some cases, so I WILL have gear up there, > which has its own sets of “concerns” regardless of how I power them. > > > > So, is a solar setup not reliable? The “expert” claims that he seeing it > more and more in the cellular world, up the tower > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Baird > *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] a new one, I think... > > > > I would at least allow 7.5W per ePMP radio (specs say 7.5 is typical, can > spike to 10), and 10-15W per 320. Maybe another 5-10w per MT radio. That > would be close to 100W. You don't want to underestimate power consumption. > > > > Regarding your solar question.. I'm not sure, but that sounds like one > hell of a headache. > > > > Josh > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, so I am working with a grounding expert today, getting some opinions > on a couple difficult towers, and one of the first suggestions he has for > me as I mention that I am looking to do fiber / DC up this tower is… “Have > you considered going solar up the tower?” (to eliminate power surges > completely from going up the tower) > > > > Hmmmm… > > > > So my brain starts wrestling with that… Is it practical? > > > > Say on a tower with a Netonix DC powered switch running at 48v or 24v, > powering 6 ePMP APs and 2 320APs, 2 Mikrotik Bhs, and a small Mikortik > router. > > > > Would be about 50 watts maximum according to my quick calcs. > > > > Not knowing anything about solar, has battery technology developed enough > that it would be practical (size wise) to have enough batteries and a > charge controller up in a box on a tower? And what size solar panel would > I need to drive that? > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, Pres. > > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 office > > 772-473-0352 cell > > www.pdmnet.com > > [email protected] > > > > >
