Now that is a creative solution! That's exactly the problem -- I believe. The generators don't have enough load with the small pull the WISP equipment has.
On 5/8/13 1:27 PM, Joel Mulkey wrote: > We've noticed that our cheap generators won't charge the UPSs back up without > some extra load to stabilize things. To provide that load we include a 500w > or 1000w halogen construction light with each generator kit. Plug the light > in and the voltage stabilizes, which allows the UPS to kick back on to the > line power. It also provides some nice lighting if it's at night. > > Joel Mulkey > CIO > Freewire > Direct: 503-616-2557 | Support: 503-614-8282 > http://www.gofreewire.com > http://twitter.com/FreewireNetwork > > On May 8, 2013, at 10:17 AM, wireless-requ...@wispa.org wrote: > >> This is the third time in about two years that we've had some major >> power outages across our region due to the supplier lines going down. >> >> Every time the situation is the same, >> >> We roll out our portable generators to a few of our smaller sites that >> don't have full-time generators -- and every time we have to fight with >> them to get clean power out of them -- usually just ending up putting >> equipment directly on the generators and bypassing the UPS systems. >> >> I've seen the generators go everywhere from 40Hz to 90Hz. >> >> Has anyone come across a nice portable alternator (as opposed to a >> generator) that can be taken to tower sites as supplementary power? >> >> ~ Matt >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
