A picture is worth a thousand words? Below is a link to a couple of photos of my solar powered site.
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/kc6wrd The 50+ amps produce by the panels are all controlled by WB8VGE's controller kit (with a bigger mosfet). See the Oct. 10, 2001 QST article on how to build your own using his design or buy one here: http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ I've tried a number of different controllers and found none that work better that this one. -Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: fxbuilder To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:37 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Solar Powered Mitrek repeater help Update I've put a meter on the repeater and found that total standby drain is 380ma for both radio and controller. Can someone please show me how to calculate total output needed by the solar panels to make this viable and not kill my battery. I'm working on a second repeater with a friend using 2 Maxon sm2544 radios. I know his controller is low drain. I just need to know how to figure out the solar needs. I'm in the Northern LA County area. Thanks for all the insight from the previous replies. you've all been a great help. Thanks again in advance. Craig --- In [email protected], "fxbuilder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello All- > I've got a Mitrek uhf repeater built and on a hilltop with a cs8200 > controller, 45 watts of solar panel, morningstar 10amp charge > controller non lvd, and 89ah sealed gel cell battery. I'm in sunny > southern california. This is a low use gmrs outputing 15 watts > available for emergency use. I'm finding that my battery is draining > and not coming back up to full power. Am I under powered? what am I > doing wrong? Radio connected directly to the battery. > Craig > Yahoo! Groups Links
