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<p>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. </p>

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<p id="reply-intro">On 2023-04-26 11:56, Dan Fink via RE-wrenches wrote:</p>

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<div dir="ltr">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.

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<div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 9:40 AM Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div>

<blockquote class="v1gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;">We are planning to combine Enphase circuits in an IQ combiner box, with <br />enclosed Gateway, on the outside of a straw bale house.<br /><br />Will the WiFi signal penetrate a straw bale and the two layers of stucco <br />the wall is made of?<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Drake<br /><br />Drake Chamberlin<br />Athens Electric LLC<br />Ohio Electrical Contractor's License 44810<br />CO Master Electrician's License 4526<br />NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br /><br /><br />-- <br />_______________________________________________<br />List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br /><br />Pay optional member dues here: <a href="http://re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br />List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br />Change listserver email address & settings:<br /><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br />There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other:<br /><a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/</a><br /><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br />List rules & etiquette:<br /><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br /><br />Check out or update participant bios:<br /><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br /><br /></blockquote>

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