Our solar site has 2 deep cycle marine batteries in series running everything at 24 volts with no inverter. It lasts more than a week, closer to two I think, running 2 star boards w/ two radios each. We don't have temp problems so we just put batteries and injectors in a water heater stand.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:33 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site Just an example of how little power we really need. I guess I'm too used to those 500 horse power irrigation pumps we use. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Rice" <paul.r...@boomerang-networks.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > 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! 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