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I have had very good service from this device. Don't over-tighten the section rings in the field unless you have a pair of channel locks with you. Don't ask me how I know that. At 01:59 AM 8/26/2009, you wrote: >Wonder Pole? > >Please tell me more! > >Mike wrote: >> >>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 <mailto:m...@aweiowa.com><m...@aweiowa.com> >>>Reply-To: WISPA General List <mailto:wireless@wispa.org><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! 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