The company I worked for installed solar systems for radio telemetry on
water systems . The main trouble we had was keeping the batteries dry
Make sure you keep batteries in a Dry Well ventilated place by themselves
away from other Electronic equipment . Batteries kept in Metal boxes tend to
sweat and condense moisture in damp & cold weather. Do not place Solar
controller In same box . I know what will happen . We had one Contractor
install one within battery box I wasn't a happy camper when I found out what
he had done because I had To correct his job at no cost to customer.
WE used two Panels & two 6 volt deep cycle Batteries to power Simplex
repeater ( 5 Watt ) this repeater sent a 2 second message every 15 seconds
24/7
Oldmax " Dale N8SAC "
On 2/19/06 5:53 PM, "Kris Kirby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I am using two 100aH UPS batteries (ordering two more), a single 110
>> watt solar panel (will order one more this summer) and will be adding a
>> homebrew wind generator. The one panel does not keep the batteries
>> charged, so I have turned off the repeater for the winter. The solar
>> controller that I am using now is the MorningStar SS-10L (will be using
>> a homebrew when I add the other panel and wind generator). This is my
>> first repeater off the power grid. Have had a lot of advise given, both
>> good and conflicting.
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> Everything I've read about doing solar says you need a good charge
> controller which won't fry your batteries or under-charge them either. Be
> careful with the wind power -- you don't want to shake the tower apart. :)
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