Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We have one site that is non-grid power. I wish we had never installed there. We have now invested over $10,000 just in solar panels, wind turbine, battery banks, charge controllers, etc. to keep things running. It's working much better now than when we started a few years ago with this

Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread John Thomas
What are you powering? I am planning on spending about $40,000 to power my whole house off-grid.. John Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, We have one site that is non-grid power. I wish we had never installed there. We have now invested over $10,000 just in solar panels, wind turbine, battery

Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Currently powering four Trango radios @ 24v with about 3A draw total. The problem is the draw is 24 hours per day, so it adds up. The other problem is the location is at 9,000ft elevation and currently has over 10feet of snow. :( Travis John Thomas wrote: What are you powering? I am

Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The best is a mix of solar and wind. I know of some that use propane too. I've never done it either though :-) Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread JohnnyO
We use Wind and Solar power to provide juice for 2 Routerboards and 1 orthogon link.. Also have a huge bank of batteries. Contact Mark Koskmaki - he's your guy to hire to engineer your system. On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 10:52 -0500, Matt Liotta wrote: Just wondering what others have done

RE: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread Paul Hendry
What sort of solar panels are needed to run that little lot? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JohnnyO Sent: 03 February 2006 20:14 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] non-grid power We use Wind and Solar power to provide juice for 2