Portable Power Supply
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The number one problem that keeps requiring in wireless mesh is not the software or hardware but the continuous flow of electricity. Once again this problem keeps coming up and once again I keep going back to auxiliary power supplies. There are a number of commercial applications that take solar power and provide continuous amount of electricity; however, many of these commercial applications are being mass produce and the cost are dropping.
My wife purchase a portable power box that can be recharged from either a house outlet, automobile or solar. The reason my wife bought it was that the dogs refuse to pull the sled and we had to charge up the snow machines (Yeah that was suppose to be Canadian humour, eh?) They have enough amps to start a vehicle with a dead battery and they have regular North American power outlets. This particular unit can run an appliance while it is being charged. It automatically has a resister built in that would prevent a solar panel from draining the battery when not charging. Basically ready to go unit!
I'm about to test and see how long a MeshAP with regular ATX power supply will run with out a recharge. The specifications indicate it should go for a few days. If I used the Morex 60W power supply it may go for a week.
I will be talking to a local guy about setting up off the shelf solar panel to recharge the power box. If this works out then I have to get a bigger Nema enclosure to house both hardware and power box. My vision is that I will have an antenna assembly with two solar cells flanking either side of the enclosure with the antenna sticking out of the box. An all-in-one combination. It should look a bit like a satellite.
If any of you have a spare solar panels (2 amps) I could use some.
The number one problem that keeps requiring in wireless mesh is not the software or hardware but the continuous flow of electricity. Once again this problem keeps coming up and once again I keep going back to auxiliary power supplies. There are a number of commercial applications that take solar power and provide continuous amount of electricity; however, many of these commercial applications are being mass produce and the cost are dropping.
My wife purchase a portable power box that can be recharged from either a house outlet, automobile or solar. The reason my wife bought it was that the dogs refuse to pull the sled and we had to charge up the snow machines (Yeah that was suppose to be Canadian humour, eh?) They have enough amps to start a vehicle with a dead battery and they have regular North American power outlets. This particular unit can run an appliance while it is being charged. It automatically has a resister built in that would prevent a solar panel from draining the battery when not charging. Basically ready to go unit!
I'm about to test and see how long a MeshAP with regular ATX power supply will run with out a recharge. The specifications indicate it should go for a few days. If I used the Morex 60W power supply it may go for a week.
I will be talking to a local guy about setting up off the shelf solar panel to recharge the power box. If this works out then I have to get a bigger Nema enclosure to house both hardware and power box. My vision is that I will have an antenna assembly with two solar cells flanking either side of the enclosure with the antenna sticking out of the box. An all-in-one combination. It should look a bit like a satellite.
If any of you have a spare solar panels (2 amps) I could use some.
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