Do you own this tower? I can't imagine what I would charge someone to put a solar site on one of my towers.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 8:19 PM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> >> >> >
