Tony, Wonder why the commercial power would cost that much. Is it because of the wiring installation cost???
73, ron, n9ee/r >From: Tony VE6MVP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/05/08 Thu PM 11:55:23 CDT >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] DTMF controllable propane generators > >Folks > >We're moving a VHF MSR2000 repeater and two UHF GMR300 linking radso's toa >site where commercial power will cost $5000 plus monthly fees. Sowe're >looking at various options such as solar, wind and so forth. The land owner >might not appreciate another wind turbine so one ideawe're thinking about is a >DTMF controlled propane generator. Has anyone experimented with such? I see >mention of remote controlgenerators so figure it should be doable. The >current controller isa RLC-3 but that could be changed if it would help. > >The other obvious answer is to have the generator automatically come onwhen >the voltage gets too low but I wonder how well that willwork. > >We're in central Alberta, Canada so the days in winter are quite shortand we >can get 20 or 25 cloudy days in a row. We either need to putin a *lot* of >solar panels or some other form of auxiliary power. Also the site may be >accessible only by snowmobile for a number of monthsin the winter. We also >will have to ensure that if thetemperature looks like it's going to get colder >than -35 for an extendedperiod of time we'd better have the batteries charged >right up as propanewon't "gasify" colder than that. > >Thanks, Tony > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
