Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-21 Thread John Thomas
Depending on where this is, you may be able to mount a small wind generator. http://www.solardyne.com/air403wingen.html John Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: > I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. > And a one month battery. 5watts * 24hours * 30 days = 3600 watt hour > battery > If you are running a

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2008-11-21 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
One source: http://tnrbatteries.com/genesis.html - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > http://www.enersysrese

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2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
t; To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > Thanks for the great info Chuck! Almost made the trojan battery mistake. > what exactly is the battery technology and brand you suggest? if I have a > 5

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2008-11-20 Thread rabbtux rabbtux
long. > - Original Message - > From: Blair Davis > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:56 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > > > Ok. our answer to that problem has always been to double up on our total > battery si

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2008-11-20 Thread Randy Cosby
I appreciate the fact that you not only have made the mistakes for us, but that you are willing to share the experiences instead of sitting back an snickering. Randy Chuck McCown wrote: > feelin' da luv today > > (As some might suspect, I do have a passion for mountain-top solar and wind > po

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2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown
h it die and not be surprised. - Original Message - From: "Scott Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > Thanks so much for the insi

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2008-11-20 Thread Scott Parsons
ut on cloudy days, maybe 75% of sunny day capacity. Have you any experience with this? Regards, Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Po

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2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown
feelin' da luv today (As some might suspect, I do have a passion for mountain-top solar and wind power, having had to risk human life on more than one occasion to keep things alive or restore service. $2000 helicopter rides after the storm blows through is also a good reason to get it right.

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2008-11-20 Thread Mike Hammett
gt; From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:01 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > > >>I have used a AIR-X for 4 years now. The blades are a composite plastic >> and the ice WILL NOT stick

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2008-11-20 Thread reader
free. Mark - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > Wind generators are good if

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2008-11-20 Thread reader
al Message - From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > We buy batts that are rated to give you the energy down to -20F. > Survive being at-

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2008-11-20 Thread reader
t; To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont >I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. > And a one month battery. 5watts * 24hours * 30 days = 3600 watt hour > battery > If you are running a 24 volt

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2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown
ROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > Good point :) It's not too severe down here in So Utah. > > Randy > > > Chuck McCown wrote: >> They must not be subject to ice stor

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2008-11-20 Thread Randy Cosby
November 20, 2008 10:22 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > > > >> We recently visited a solar-powered site that had a supplementary >> wind-generation system. Seemed to work well for them to have wind power >> when the weather is bad, solar

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2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown
They must not be subject to ice storms. - Original Message - From: "Randy Cosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont > We recently visited a solar-powered

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2008-11-20 Thread Randy Cosby
We recently visited a solar-powered site that had a supplementary wind-generation system. Seemed to work well for them to have wind power when the weather is bad, solar when it is good. Pretty windy place as well. Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: > Here is a note I posted several days ago on the Motoro

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2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
watts 30 days autonomy = you will sleep all winter long. - Original Message - From: Blair Davis To: WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont Ok. our answer to that problem has always been to double up on our

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2008-11-19 Thread Blair Davis
m: Blair Davis To: WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont What type of battery's are you using? That price sounds very high. 4x T-105 will provide 225Ah at 24V for a cost of about $500 Chuck McCoy&#x

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2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
008 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont What type of battery's are you using? That price sounds very high. 4x T-105 will provide 225Ah at 24V for a cost of about $500 Chuck McCoy's - 3 wrote: I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. And a one month battery.

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2008-11-19 Thread Blair Davis
What type of battery's are you using?  That price sounds very high. 4x T-105 will provide 225Ah at 24V for a cost of about $500 Chuck McCoy's - 3 wrote: I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. And a one month battery. 5watts * 24hours * 30 days = 3600 watt hour battery If you are running a

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2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Here is a note I posted several days ago on the Motorola list about solar powering. From: Chuck McCown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:17 AM To: Dave Crim Subject: Re: solar Continuing on a bit, lets say you have 5 lousy days and one good sunny day followed by 5 mo

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2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. And a one month battery. 5watts * 24hours * 30 days = 3600 watt hour battery If you are running a 24 volt system then you need 3600/24=150 aH battery. If you are running a 12 volt system, you need a 300 aH battery. You will pay about 30 cents per watt hour f