A lot of money can be saved if we get some sort of manual labor to solve any late December issues.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Robert <nos...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > Honestly I have no clue what your exposure is like... Go off the sites > at the solar panel stores that describe it and compare it to Northern > Nevada... BUT if it's not critical to the customer, or the customer is > willing to swap a battery or two out when things get bad, you can save a > lot of cash. We also have a set of batteries that are always ready to > go to any site(s) that get in battery trouble to make it a non-issue. > That's what we do with the solar site batteries when we feel we aren't > getting max performance out of them.... Replace them and they go in > trickle backup.. > > On 04/08/2014 10:02 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Oh, so since I'm in Ohio I'm going to need at least the 290 watt panel =P > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Robert <nos...@avantwireless.com > > <mailto:nos...@avantwireless.com>> wrote: > > > > It gets to the key of any solar project, what's the exposure. We > are > > out in NV where 100 watt panel and 2x124 amp hour batteries is more > than > > enough all year to span cloudy sessions. We get one full day and we > > are recharged and rarely go a week without one day of enough sun to > get > > another week of run time until we get the period that everything is > > fully charged. More panel gets you back up faster so Sam's setup > will > > get him back to normal in 1/3 the time = 3x the clouds. > > > > BTW set your solar panels for the maximum sun declination. That's > when > > days are the shortest and the need for power is the greatest and > usually > > the weather is the worst. It also helps with the snow issue. By > the > > time the sun is higher the days are longer and you make up for the > bad > > angle with more exposure/better weather... > > > > On 04/08/2014 09:41 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > That looks like massive overkill, are you using a ~10 watt load or > are > > > you doing much more? Quick math tells me the batteries would do > > 12 days > > > on a 10 watt load. > > > > > > Do you find you need a 290 watt panel (though this also leads back > to > > > the question)? > > > > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > > Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> > > > Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> > > > 1100 Wayne St > > > Suite 1337 > > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Sam Tetherow <tethe...@shwisp.net > > <mailto:tethe...@shwisp.net> > > > <mailto:tethe...@shwisp.net <mailto:tethe...@shwisp.net>>> wrote: > > > > > > I have one up for 2 customers. They paid the cost on the > > tower and > > > solar setup, I put up the AP. Pretty low maintenance, only > > issue I > > > have on them is snow accumulating on the panels. > > > > > > Astronergy 290W 24V panel > > $280 > > > Morningstar SunSaver SS-10L-24V Charge Controller $63 > > > MC4 > > > cable > > > $31 > > > Shipping > > > $249 > > > > > > Two deep-cycle RV battteries from Sams Club (120ah) $250 > > > > > > Wire the load out of the charge controller to the DC in on a > > > Toughswitch put up a NanoBridge for the backhaul and a > NanoStation > > > for the AP. > > > > > > > > > On 04/08/2014 11:00 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > >> Has anyone deployed a solar powered repeater for a single > > >> customer? For example, their house is in the middle of a > forest > > >> but you can provide service at the end of their lane. > > >> > > >> This comes up here and there and I'm looking to put together > > a kit > > >> of Nanos, solar panels, battery and give the customer the > price. > > >> I thought I would ask here before reinventing the wheel. > > >> > > >> Josh Luthman > > >> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> <tel:937-552-2340 > > <tel:937-552-2340>> > > >> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> <tel:937-552-2343 > > <tel:937-552-2343>> > > >> 1100 Wayne St > > >> Suite 1337 > > >> Troy, OH 45373 > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wireless mailing list > > >> Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> > > <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org>> > > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wireless mailing list > > > Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> > > <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org>> > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wireless mailing list > > > Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wireless mailing list > > Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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