Go to www.raleybros.com (about 10 miles from my home) when the home page comes up just keep refreshing your browser to change the pics displayed. All of the elevators are already running over, the temporary ground storage bins are full and now all the elevators around here are just dumping it on the ground in huge piles. All the river port facilities are backed up for miles with grain trucks trying to haul it out of here and the railroad facilities can't get enough grain cars in to haul it all out of here.
Corn flakes ought to be .20 cents a box! Mac > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:21 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DC power suggestions > > Wow, you learn something every day. What I've learned today is that > down > south harvests corn significantly earlier than we do in the corn belt. > ;-) > > What I've wanted to do, but have been so far unable to do is to have a > power > source (be it a 120 vAC charger, solar cells, wind turbine, etc.) > charge an > array of batteries (the guys at Mr. Solar said that I should use 48 vDC > for > the DC systems), and then have a bunch of power supplies that use 48 > vDC as > the source. I have a PC based MT for my AP and an Orthogon Gemini on > my > primary tower. I can source 48 vDC power supplies for both. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:50 AM > Subject: RE: [WISPA] DC power suggestions > > > > > > I have an 80' Rohn 25G tower on top of a 110' concrete grain > elevator. > > This > > elevators power is giving me fits as they are flipping breakers on > and off > > as they are in full swing with all the corn coming in right now out > of the > > fields. I do have everything on UPS's, but need to move up the ranks > for > > longer run times to 4 larger marine batteries to accomplish longer > run > > times > > when the breakers are flipped off. > > > > Here is my question: Do they make a device that has multiple DC power > > output > > voltages (12/18/24/48) that connects directly to a set of batteries > with > > the > > ability to connect multiple devices and if so - how do you keep your > > batteries charged? I would like to run my gear directly off the DC > power > > instead of plugging everything into 120vdc and then have the wall > warts > > convert to the DC power. I currently have 10 radios on top of the > elevator > > and it is a major distribution point for the North and East legs of > our > > network. > > > > Any and all suggestions are welcomed!! > > > > Thanks folks, > > Mac > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.19/953 - Release Date: > 8/14/2007 5:19 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
