Uh oh. So what do you use? Regular U bolt clamps?
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of AJ Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:45 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site Note to sell - NEVER EVER use radiator clamps to hold steel L beam brackets to a Trylon steel tower leg... Microburst winds snapped the brackets right off the tower, shattering the panel... Hard lesson learned :( On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com>wrote: > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
