[Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-23 Thread rrath 
I would like to thank all of you that 
replied. I asked the question because 
I thought the batteries they were bad. 
After removing from the site, I 
charged them both up and took them 
to two battery shop here in Yakima. 
The results were, they are still good. 
So now I need to track down why the 
system keeps going down. They are 
5 years old, but the repeater get very 
little use; maybe two hrs per week 
during the winter and about 6 hrs per 
week during the summer. Thank you 
all.

Rod kc7vqr

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-09 Thread Mike Morris 
At 09:02 PM 01/08/10, you wrote:
>Well, I did not receive any replies to
>my question. So I will ask this
>question:
>
>For those of you that have solar
>operated repeater sites, what type of
>battery are you using? Are you
>satisfied with them? Thank you.
>
>Rod kc7vqr

This might be worth reading:


Mike WA6ILQ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-09 Thread AA8K73 GMail 

I'm using a pair of Deka GC-15 in series.

I passed on the Sams, Interstate, Autozone,
TSC, etc. batteries when I found many were
manufactured out of country.  There are
definitely different levels of performance
in deep-cycle batteries.  Note the difference
between deep-cycle and starting batteries.

Talk with your local golf cart dealer to
find out what he recommends.  Also we have
a local auto battery/alternator specialty
shop that had good advice.  I found out why
I had been having poor battery life with the
bargain batteries I purchased.

Trojan batteries also have good performance.
My local golf cart guy had warranty problems
with them and stopped using them for a while,
but is now stocking them again.

Look up the prospective battery on the Internet.
For a deep-cycle battery with a "bunny" name
on it, I eventually found that it just carried
the brand name.  The brand's web site didn't
even acknowledge the part number.  It turned
out to be manufactured by a company in Mexico.
Google is your friend.  Also look at solar power
and electric automobile sites for user-reported
problems.

Consider an automatic low voltage disconnect to
prevent your battery from being discharged too
much.



rrath wrote:
>  
> 
> Well, I did not receive any replies to
> my question. So I will ask this
> question:
> 
> For those of you that have solar
> operated repeater sites, what type of
> battery are you using? Are you
> satisfied with them? Thank you.
> 
> Rod kc7vqr
> 






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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-09 Thread Gary 
The site I maintain isn't solar powered but I did add battery backup two
years ago and it's been working very well. Batteries are Interstate SRM29's
charged by a Samlex SEC-2415 auto charger. The loads are powered thru a
Samlex ST1500-124 pure sine wave inverter with a built in transfer switch. I
find the switch to be bumpless and the inverter's output is quite
sinusoidal. Batteries were $95 each delivered.
Gary

-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rrath
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:03 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

Well, I did not receive any replies to 
my question. So I will ask this 
question:

For those of you that have solar 
operated repeater sites, what type of 
battery are you using? Are you 
satisfied with them? Thank you.

Rod kc7vqr






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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-08 Thread Jim Brown 
We use two 6 Volt Golf Cart batteries in series bought from Sams Wholesale to 
power a GE Mastr II repeater and GE Mastr II mobile link radio with the amp 
disconnected.  The audio amp has been disabled on both radios.  The angle on 
the solar panels was optimized for the winter months.  Our panels deliver a 
total of 6 amps in bright sumertime sun.

73 - Jim  W5ZIT

--- On Fri, 1/8/10, rrath  wrote:

From: rrath 
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 11:02 PM







 



  



  
  
  Well, I did not receive any replies to 

my question. So I will ask this 

question:



For those of you that have solar 

operated repeater sites, what type of 

battery are you using? Are you 

satisfied with them? Thank you.



Rod kc7vqr

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-08 Thread Eric Lemmon 
Rod,

I have a commercial UHF repeater that has been on solar power for seven
years.  I have two Concorde 205 Ah AGM-SLA batteries that are always at 100%
SOC.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
 

-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rrath
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:03 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

  

Well, I did not receive any replies to 
my question. So I will ask this 
question:

For those of you that have solar 
operated repeater sites, what type of 
battery are you using? Are you 
satisfied with them? Thank you.

Rod kc7vqr

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-08 Thread Roger Stacey 
We use Surrette S 530. They are 6 volt batteries and we are very pleased 
with the performance.

Roger
VA7RS


http://www.dcbattery.com/rollssurrette_s530.html


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Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question


> Well, I did not receive any replies to
> my question. So I will ask this
> question:
>
> For those of you that have solar
> operated repeater sites, what type of
> battery are you using? Are you
> satisfied with them? Thank you.
>
> Rod kc7vqr
>
>
> 
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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[Repeater-Builder] Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-08 Thread rrath 
Well, I did not receive any replies to 
my question. So I will ask this 
question:

For those of you that have solar 
operated repeater sites, what type of 
battery are you using? Are you 
satisfied with them? Thank you.

Rod kc7vqr