Folks
I've been reading the low voltage disconnect thread with a great deal
of interest. Thanks for the tips and suggestions. We're putting up
a VHF repeater and two UHF link radios on a solar/wind power
site. Given Alberta winters what would you folks suggest as a low
voltage disconnect value to avoid the batteries freezing in
winter? Which can hit -40 for a few days.
Also we're thinking of having a backup power generator being a lawn
mower motor hooked up to an auto style alternator and a rioughly
eight or ten hour fuel tank. If the batteries get too low then
we'll just attempt to get into the site, fire up that home made
generator and walk away. We'll make sure it looks like a rusty
piece of garbage so no one who wanders by is likely to steal
it. Any comments?
(Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need to
borrow a snowmobile for the last 400 yards or so.)
We're thinking of putting the batteries in a chest freezer disguised
by thin plywood so it just looks like a box. We're told by the site
owner that a fridge looks way too much like trailer trash so
disguising it with wood should work. I'm thinking we would put the
charge controller in there for a little heat and the dump load in winter
Are we nutz? Have I asked some stupid questions?
Tony
