[RE-wrenches] IQ Gateway outside straw bale house

[toddcory at finestplanet.com]

And wifi at 2.4 gHz would work better than 5 gHz.

Todd
 
 


On Thursday, April 27, 2023 7:27am, "Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> said:



There is chicken wire under the stucco. The Gateway will be near a window, which is not too far from the router. William's experience is encouraging. If it doesn't work, we will run a CAT 5.
 
 
Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
Ohio Electrical Contractor’s License 44810
CO Master Electrician’s License 4526
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
 
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On 2023-04-26 11:56, Dan Fink via RE-wrenches wrote:

Drake; How much chicken wire or other metal mesh is in the strawbale walls and stucco? Can you measure wifi signal strength ahead of time with a smartphone? Is it possible to hardwire Cat5 from the homeowner's router/extender/etc to the WAN port of the IQ Gateway? That is always preferable to wifi.













Dan Fink

Owner, Buckville Energy Consulting LLC
IREC Certified Instructor for PV and Small Wind Installation
NABCEP Certified PV System Inspector
NABCEP PV Associate
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970-672-4342
 


On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 9:40 AM Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches <[ re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org ]( mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org )> wrote:We are planning to combine Enphase circuits in an IQ combiner box, with 
enclosed Gateway, on the outside of a straw bale house.

Will the WiFi signal penetrate a straw bale and the two layers of stucco 
the wall is made of?

Thank you,

Drake

Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
Ohio Electrical Contractor's License 44810
CO Master Electrician's License 4526
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional


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