I measured a NSM2 a long time ago, it's 4-5 watts according to my amp meter.
I'm not doing a ToughSwitch, I'm avoiding them entirely. I'll be doing an rb750p. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Sam Tetherow <tethe...@shwisp.net> wrote: > According to the spec sheets you are looking at 8W for the NS + 5.5W for > the NB and probably another 6W for the TS (only shows maximum consumption > which would include all POE ports active) so about 20W total consumption. > > Running it in a 24V configuration hence 2 12V batteries. I figured more > like 5 days on the batteries by the time you figure in low voltage cutoff > and winter conditions. I could have went with smaller batteries, but > getting +40ah for $20/battery. I've had problems with equipment acting > flakey when running UBNT with 12V power. My goal was as low maintenance as > possible since the site is not easy to get to in the winter and did want to > leave room in case I needed to add any equipment. > > The problem with sizing an all solar setup is you generally end up with > overkill for 80% of the time since you are designing for crappy weather on > the shortest days of the year with minimal sunlight and they tend not to be > in places that it is easy to haul a generator to when your batteries die in > the middle of a blizzard. > > > > On 04/08/2014 11:41 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > That looks like massive overkill, are you using a ~10 watt load or are you > doing much more? Quick math tells me the batteries would do 12 days on a > 10 watt load. > > Do you find you need a 290 watt panel (though this also leads back to > the question)? > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Sam Tetherow <tethe...@shwisp.net> wrote: > >> I have one up for 2 customers. They paid the cost on the tower and >> solar setup, I put up the AP. Pretty low maintenance, only issue I have on >> them is snow accumulating on the panels. >> >> Astronergy 290W 24V panel $280 >> Morningstar SunSaver SS-10L-24V Charge Controller $63 >> MC4 >> cable >> $31 >> Shipping >> $249 >> >> Two deep-cycle RV battteries from Sams Club (120ah) $250 >> >> Wire the load out of the charge controller to the DC in on a Toughswitch >> put up a NanoBridge for the backhaul and a NanoStation for the AP. >> >> >> On 04/08/2014 11:00 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: >> >> Has anyone deployed a solar powered repeater for a single customer? >> For example, their house is in the middle of a forest but you can provide >> service at the end of their lane. >> >> This comes up here and there and I'm looking to put together a kit of >> Nanos, solar panels, battery and give the customer the price. I thought I >> would ask here before reinventing the wheel. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing >> listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing > listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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