double or triple your batteries....... JohnnyO
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off Grid System Design Comments. > This will be our first wind site. We will get some pretty wind at the > location. However we have been using Solar on sites since 2000 on a couple > Island Off shore up here in Maine. > > -Cameron > >> I have had nothing but heartbreak with wind. Solar always works well. >> Wind, no joy for me... >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off Grid System Design Comments. >> >> >>> We are installing a new tower very soon (in the next couple weeks) that >>> will be run completely off Wind power with a 400-watt wind turbine. Of >>> course we will have 6 105 amp hour batteries. Our draw at one of our >>> popular sites is under 375 watts. This using a PC-Based MikroTik/ HP >>> Procurve 2524, 6 Alvarion B NET Backhauls, 2 Alvarion VL-AU's, 1 Trango >>> 900 Sector. >>> >>> We switched some hardware in the MikroTik routers mostly the newer low >>> powered AMD cpu's and that made a hugh difference and going from the HP >>> procurve 2424m to a 2524 which cut the wattage from 90 watts to about 25 >>> watts. The Alvarion Units use about 200 watts total and the trango is >>> like >>> 13 watts or so, (been a while since I checked them). The mikrotik router >>> is uing 60-75 watts. All in all, not to shabby as far as power >>> consumption. >>> >>> -Cameron >>> >>>> I wanted to get input from the WISPA list about a complete design for a >>>> off >>>> grid base station design base on a dual and quad radio system. We have >>>> been >>>> looking into this and have come up with a design using both wind and >>>> solar >>>> power that will keep a unit up and running 24/7/365. The idea is to >>>> have >>>> a >>>> complete package design so the base stations can be installed anywhere, >>>> but >>>> in order to keep the costs low it would be base on a max 48Watt design. >>>> >>>> Questions: >>>> 1. Is this something WISP would want in the USA, and would find useful? >>>> 2. Would you like this in a single package or parts (where a package >>>> would >>>> have a 1 year warrantee and parts would not) >>>> 3. What are you finding the power needs are at a typical WPOP? >>>> 4. Other Comments? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>>> >>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>>> >>>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
