[RE-wrenches] Rugged Wind/Solar System For Radio

[John Blittersdorf]

As far as wind is concerned, I recommend SuperWind, made in Germany.  It is
well built and designed to handle high winds.  It is rated at 1000 watts
and I have seen data showing over 1kwhr for an hour increment.  Typically
it is outputting 100 to 300 watts. My customer found it on line and asked
what I thought about it.  I had not heard of it before but the specs
sounded good.  I already had upgraded their system from a disaster (they
actually burned up the power room )  I installed an Outback VFX3648 on an
epanel and installed 6 panels on the remnants of their original building
and then added 4 DPW racks of 3 panels each so they could tilt for winter
snow.  16 L16 wet cells. They do maintenance frequently enough to keep an
eye on water level. It worked pretty well, but they still had too much
generator time in the winter when it was hard to get propane up the
mountain.  I then installed their Superwind on a 35" tilt up tower next to
their 50' comm tower.  Since the mountaintop has good winds during the
winter, it has saved them 75% of their generator time and consequently they
have not had to refuel in the winter at all.  We monitor it with opticsRE
and also with some of their transmitter data.  Their load is about 300
watts 24/7 with it dropping off a little late at night.
It is a repeater site for business band radios, police, emergency etc.
John Blittersdorf
CV Wind Service.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 2:02 PM Mark Frye via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Gentlefolk,
>
> I have a 35 watt radio transmitter that I need to station in the desert
> for a critical application.
>
> Any recommendations for a turnkey provider of a combined
> solar/wind/battery system?
>
> Should I build it myself?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Frye
> Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
> 530 401 8024
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