Gary, this may be a dumb question - if so don't hesitate to say so. :) Where I live (right in the middle of the US and a couple hundred miles north), there is considerable wind, probably 300 days out of the year. On the days when it's calm, the sun is usually shining brightly in the summer sky. (There are very few grey winter days without wind.)
Would adding wind-power to assist with keeping the batteries charged be a bad (or cost-prohibitive) option? (The thought being if it's not windy, it's sunny, and vice-versa...) Sam On 11/19/2013 22:49, Gary Garrett wrote: > 5 amps is a pretty hefty load. Try to cut that down by combining radios > to one power supply or eliminate unnecessary stuff. > > Remember the solar charge time in winter is only from 10 AM to 2 PM the > rest of the day the charge is much less. > You are burning 1/3 of the charging in the load, not much is left for > battery charging. > Up here I run a small generator 2 hours twice a day at about what your > panels are rated at. > It sucks and it is expensive but I have been totally Off Grid for 35 years. > > Gary _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
