With the cost of the power (more batteries and solar panels) this scheme is nuts...the best you can hope for is 70-80% efficiency from the invertor, so you are throwing away 20% there, plus the conversion in the power supplies for the equipment....another 20% hit. Right off the bat you have thrown away half your power.
Pick equipment that will run off the 12V battery....this includes the indoor SmartBridges, both Netgear and Linksys make 12V switches, and as I recall Trango gear will run on 12V if you keep the cat5 short. JH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 7:21 PM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Solar Power not just back up > > Just be sure and add a fair margin for a little > extra power reserve. The conversion from DC to AC > and back to DC will probably consume a little juice. > > Kevin Summers > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > www.kistech.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Blazen Wireless > > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 5:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Solar Power not just back up > > > > > > Rudolph, > > > > Someone posted (I believe Earl Camblell) this not to long ago and is about > > the same thing I am about to do. Basically without have to track down an > > invertor to step down or up all the voltages to DC for your particular > > equipment just buy one of those 400-1200 watt DC / AC converters and just > > plug in a regular power strip and your done worrying about > > converting.. Just > > plug all you AC plugs from your equipment into the power strip. You will > > have to calculate how much power you going to need as far as current draw. > > You don't want to use one batteries and a small panel per say and your > > equipment is pulling faster then it can recharge the battery. > > > > 2 - SB AP Indoor units $323.00 > > 1 - 15 DBi Omni antenns $ 96.00 > > 1 - 19 DBi Panel antenna $ 73.00 > > 1 - 12 VDC 200 amp deep cycle marine battery $ 50.00 > > 1 - 65 watt solar panel > > $312.00 > > 1 - 6 amp solar controller > > $ 38.00 > > 1 - R520 outdoor case to house equipment $ 48.00 > > 2 - "N" to "N" pigtails 6 ft 1/2" heliax $ 20.00 > > 1 - RFLinx 500 mw Bidirectional amp $ 110.00 > > 2 - Pigtails for amp to radio and amp to ant. $ 38.00 > > 2 - u-bolts to hold case to tower > > $ 2.00 > > 1 - Tube of silicon seal $ > > 3.00 > > 1 - 64' Rohn Tower > > $600.00 > > 1 - 4 yards cement > > $400.00 > > Misc. stuff ya gotta count.... > > $100.00 > > > > Time... About 3-4 hours to take SB API units out of plastic case and > > assemble everything into the weather tight case. > > Software ... Air Point Pro Outdoor (yes outdoor) v 1.4j9 in > > APIndoor units. > > > > Total (Approx) $2183.00 > > > > Here is a list of people that sell solar stuff as well that someone else > > posted I think it was Mark Koskenmaki > > > > > > Electro-Comm's prices stagger the imagination. > > > > http://www.cosolar.com/ > > > > http://www.solar-electric.com/ > > > > http://www.discountpv.com/ > > > > http://www.altenergystore.com/ > > > > http://www.backwoodssolar.com/ > > > > Backwoods has been in business a long time. They're in Northern Idaho, > > and inspite of thier name and somewhat cheesy looking site, I understand > > they are one of the better people in the business. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rudolph Worrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:05 PM > > Subject: [smartBridges] Solar Power not just back up > > > > > > I am thinking of how to cut cost in setting up and maintaining a tower and > > to reduce prices I thought about using solar panels and a battery > > to run my > > AP's and switches. > > > > I have looked around and found 12V and 24V batteries but nothing > > that would > > regulate and distribute power to run more than one device. > > > > Does anyone here know where I can find this stuff? Better yet, > > what are you > > using for very isolated installations. (On the top of a mountain) > > > > Rudy > > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > > smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type > > unsubscribe smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
