That sounds like great public service and a way to get recognized too! If you want to see something that really gets attention, have a look at my site survey/portable AP rig. http://ralphfowler.com I have been reluctant to put signs on it though, for obvious reasons. (people already think I am toting a rocket launcher) LOL Ralph
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:57 PM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site This particular setup is mounted to a 4 x 6 x 4 Wells Cargo enclosed trailer. I painted it bright white and added my logo and on one side Solar Powered Wireless. I park it at events and provide free WiFi. I park it downtown every Friday for Farmers Market and the name recognition has been outstanding. I have a 40 foot Wonder Pole mounted to the side I swing into position and hoist a Deliberant panel up. Inside the trailer I have a Deliberant AP2i doing DHCP and giving out access. I don't push the pole up farther than 15 or 20 feet for events, but will run it all the way up for site surveys on occasion. Both radios pull less than an Amp total and the system supplies 2.5 Amp in good sun. The 800 Amp hour battery will run it for 800 hours? Mike At 08:04 PM 8/25/2009, you wrote: >Interesting. What radios are you powering this with? > >Scottie > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> >Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:14 -0500 > > >I bought two of the Northern Tool $79.00 15 watt panels, their $49.00 > >charge controller, a deep cycle marine battery from Walmart and built > >my own. So far, the "fully charged" light comes on every day. The > >battery should run my two radio repeater for more than a week. Might > >not be the club way to do it, but it works. > > > >Mike > > > >At 11:09 PM 8/24/2009, you wrote: > >>Hi All, > >> > >>Sorry for the cross post. Time is short on this project and I > need a lot of > >>help. > >> > >>I've never done a solar project. Never really even looked at them due to > >>the costs I've seen tossed about. > >> > >>Now I have a customer that's willing to purchase the initial equipment > >>needed to cover his community. The ONLY way into the area is a hill that's > >>within sight of my tower and NOT anywhere near power. > >> > >>I'll be able to just run a single MT board with two radios in it for this > >>site. One backhaul and 1 distribution. I'll guess that I'll > have less than > >>a 2 amp draw (probably much less than 1 amp in reality). > >> > >>We don't often get long periods of no sun. Could be days of fog or low > >>clouds in the winter, but mostly we'll have a lot of sun. On the foggy or > >>cloudy days we often don't have enough wind to worry about wind generation. > >>I think. > >> > >>So, please clue me in on what to buy, who to buy it from (vendors welcome!) > >>and anything else I'm missing. > >> > >>Thanks all! > >>marlon > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- > >>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/ > >--- > >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > > >Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. >Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >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/
