You could with a web controlled relay at the top. :P On Sep 18, 2016 9:00 PM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Superior Essex sells a 16/2 and a 16/4 with outdoor jacket for use on > towers. > > You could also run a higher gauge wire that will carry the necessary total > amperage and split it at the top with terminal blocks. You might need > something burly for that, like for four Telrad 1000 BTS's at 100watts each > you'd want at least 6ga THHN going up in a 1/2" conduit, and you'd have > around 5% heat loss at 100m. But that's a smaller footprint on the tower > than 16/4 x 4, or 16ga THHN x 16. > > My quick figuring with home depot prices says it's cheaper to run the pair > of 6ga than to run a bundle of 16ga. If you bump up to 4ga it's still > cheaper than running all 16's, but by less margin. The downside of course > is that you can't power cycle an individual unit, and maintenance (like > replacing DC SS) would affect everything instead of just the one unit. > > If you did run one big cable up, you'd still need individual outdoor > jacketed cables to branch out to the base stations. > > I'm not sure of the cost difference vs Superior Essex, but I've also seen > outdoor speaker wire at 16ga. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Craig Schmaderer" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: 9/16/2016 5:24:43 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] DC tower cable bundle > > > Looking for advice on what my options are for running 16 DC conductors > around 16 awg to power LTE and/or medusa radios on a tower. Hybrid fiber > option would be ok too. I know I have seen Verizon on some of our towers > use the hybrid cables. Thanks, Craig. > > > > *Craig R. Schmaderer* > > *CEO | Skywave Wireless, Inc.* > > *Ph: 402-372-1975 <402-372-1975> | Fax: 402-372-1058 <402-372-1058>* > > *Direct: 402-372-1052 <402-372-1052>* > > > >
