Sorry at 70 volts not watts
On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 3:34 PM Timothy Steele <timothy.pct...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Runs at 70 watts and it powers X3 AFXHDs, AC BH, AC Sector AP,
>
> Solar is much less of a pain with UBNT cambium just sucks power so you
> cambium guys have fun with that..
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 5:25 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
>> But your relay site is drawing what? 50 watts maybe.
>>
>> Big difference between 50 and 250 when it is a constant load.
>>
>> *From:* Timothy Steele
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 5, 2018 3:11 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Solar system rough cost
>>
>> Up in the NC Foot Hills x3 220 Watt Panels x4 Golf Cart Batteries keep
>> Relay sites powered up nicely
>>
>> the pricey part is the charge controller
>>
>> Golf Cart batteries save you a lot in cost, but you will need to keep an
>> eye on the water level inside the batteries
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 4:58 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We do about half the solar panels as Chuck, and we only really need 10
>>> days on the batteries. We have sometimes done less on both of those and
>>> depending on the exact location.
>>>
>>> We are on the 37° parallel, and get no snow, and no really hot weather,
>>> so we are in a fairly ideal solar environment. I'm not sure exactly where
>>> you need this, but you must be somewhere around the 28° parallel? You
>>> should get a lot more sun, but you probably also get a lot of cloud
>>> activity. Your typically higher temperatures will derate your solar panels
>>> as their output decreases with heat.
>>>
>>> You're burning 3600 watt-hours per day. That's a tall order for a
>>> customer. I'm guessing this is a lot more than just internet access?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> bp
>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/5/2018 1:23 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Is this Florida?
>>>
>>> In Utah, off grid, snow on the panels, worst case. No sun for two weeks
>>> this is what I have used that has been field proven.
>>>
>>> 20X load worth of panels
>>> 2 weeks of autonomy worth of batts.
>>>
>>> I would say if you went 200 watts * 20 is 4000 watts of panel.
>>> So $2K for the panels.
>>>
>>> 200*24*14=67 kWh of batt * 10 cents = $6.7K for batts
>>>
>>> You can get batts for as low as 6 cents per watt hour. I used 20 cents
>>> there.
>>> Batts may be as low as half that. Even less if you don’t have to worry
>>> about snow etc.
>>>
>>> So $10K in Utah.
>>> In Florida you do not need 2 weeks. What is the longest interval of
>>> solid overcast?
>>> You also have longer days in the winter.
>>>
>>> Bill Prince has some figures for no snow areas.
>>>
>>> *From:* Paul McCall
>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 5, 2018 1:59 PM
>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Solar system rough cost
>>>
>>>
>>> We have not done solar systems before, but am looking at it for a
>>> customer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Need 150watt sustained, so figure about 250 to cover ourselves.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like we get about 5.5hours per day of “peak sun”.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any rough idea on how much it would cost for a system to do this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul, PDMNet
>>>
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