Lee, Later in this thread the WestMountain charge controller is referenced... but.. I wanted to address your question directly.
I have been using a Xantrex C-35 solar charge controller (smart 4 level charge controller) And 2 pair of big-honkin' diodes to accomplish the same thing. The diodes were directional control of current, and the charge is routed through the Xantrex. While the repeater supply by-passed the Xantrex.. (does that make sense to anyone?) Both sides of the house are one-way only through implementation of the big diodes... As I mentioned before.. this was "cooked-up" prior to the WestMountain controller. I glanced at their product, and still need to research it a bit further.. but for the price it is much cheaper than my Xantrex C-35 "cluge". And quite elegant as well.. maybe I will be able to reclaim my solar controller for little expenditure :-) Just my 2 cents worth.. 73 Mike Perryman www.k5jmp.us -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee Williams Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 10:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] back-up battery charging I am now in charge of some club repeater sites which use the standard Micor power supply. These have back-up batteries on them which are being boiled dry by the 14.9V the power supply delivers,these supplies are not the battery back-up versions. I am looking for a good solution to solve this problem,maybe someone else has been there,done that??? Are there adjustments to set the voltage on these beasts? I thought about a relay,some big diodes,but it looks ugly... 73,Lee Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
