Hey Marlon is that 1.8 amps at 120VAC or 1.8 amps at 12VDC?
volts x amps = watts the precise nominal and max watts that is the real factor determining the size of the power system needed the difference is 25 watts or 250 watts :) CostCo has a solar panel + charger + frame that would work for 25 watts, I think 500 is good price, since your able to access it easily, it shouldn't be much of risk. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:29 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > Are you really saying that less than 500 bucks will build a solar system > good enough for our radios these days? > > Dude, if that's true I can open up a LOT more doors! > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike" <m...@aweiowa.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > > >>I bought two of the Northern Tool $79.00 15 watt panels, their $49.00 >> charge controller, a deep cycle marine battery from Walmart and built >> my own. So far, the "fully charged" light comes on every day. The >> battery should run my two radio repeater for more than a week. Might >> not be the club way to do it, but it works. >> >> Mike >> >> At 11:09 PM 8/24/2009, you wrote: >>>Hi All, >>> >>>Sorry for the cross post. Time is short on this project and I need a lot >>>of >>>help. >>> >>>I've never done a solar project. Never really even looked at them due to >>>the costs I've seen tossed about. >>> >>>Now I have a customer that's willing to purchase the initial equipment >>>needed to cover his community. The ONLY way into the area is a hill >>>that's >>>within sight of my tower and NOT anywhere near power. >>> >>>I'll be able to just run a single MT board with two radios in it for this >>>site. One backhaul and 1 distribution. I'll guess that I'll have less >>>than >>>a 2 amp draw (probably much less than 1 amp in reality). >>> >>>We don't often get long periods of no sun. Could be days of fog or low >>>clouds in the winter, but mostly we'll have a lot of sun. On the foggy >>>or >>>cloudy days we often don't have enough wind to worry about wind >>>generation. >>>I think. >>> >>>So, please clue me in on what to buy, who to buy it from (vendors >>>welcome!) >>>and anything else I'm missing. >>> >>>Thanks all! >>>marlon >>> >>> >>> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
