[Commotion-discuss] powering ubiquiti devices with solar power

[Georgia Bullen]

Also - Danny Illand at UCSB (http://cs.ucsb.edu/~iland/projects.html) did a
presentation at the International Summit for Community Wireless networks in
Berlin on a solar power battery he was working on.

-Georgia

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Adam Longwill <adam.longwill at metamesh.org>
wrote:

> Meta Mesh has done a proof-of-concept for solar powered ubnt nodes. We
> powered a ubnt Rocket overnight using a solar cell and battery. I don't
> have the details of exactly what we used BUT I do know that the lowest
> voltage recommened by Ubiquiti is 15v but we had ours working off a battery
> at 12v. We recommend using 2 12v batteries or a 24v battery. Someone with
> better electrical knowledge can correct me, please, or fill in details.
>
> We DID find this really cool setup which is an all-in-one solution to
> powering and storing the batteries. Check it out!
>
> http://tyconpower.com/products/files/RemotePro_Spec_Sheet.pdf
>
> We are hoping we can get one in the next grant we apply for for a local
> baseball field with no Internet/Electricity access but is within range of
> other nodes.
>
> Hope that Helps.
>
> Sign up for our mailing list for details. We'll be announcing some cool
> stuff this month!
>
> http://www.metamesh.org/contact.htmlhttp://www.metamesh.org/contact.html
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Marina Brown <catskillmarina at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>> Hi:
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>> Does anyone have experience powering ubiquiti devices with solar
>> energy. I will be placing a couple nodes where there is no/little
>> grid power.
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>> Any advice on this ? Do they work ok with 12 volts or do i need
>> higher voltage.
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Georgia Bullen
Senior Data Analyst
Open Technology Institute <http://newamerica.org/oti/> @ New America
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