Yikes, that is daunting. Is that the site your putting in, or your example site?
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:04 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > 120.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Rice" <paul.r...@boomerang-networks.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:35 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > > >> 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! 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