[cma-l] Mains power where there ain't any!

[claire penketh]

 What about a wind powered transmitter? Is that a possibility?


 Claire Penketh
Better to have given it a go than never to have tried at all
 

--- On Thu, 23/6/11, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com>
Subject: [cma-l] Mains power where there ain't any!
To: studio at ravensoundradio.co.uk, "cma-l" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
Date: Thursday, 23 June, 2011, 21:58





  
Interesting as all this is, it doesn't address the question of where you get mains power when there isn't any.
We've run a complete RSL using solar and wind power where the combined sources produce 240V AC and you simply use a moderate amount of standard equipment.

I've always been of the opinion that it is so wasterful to power all modern solid-state equipment from 240V AC when each one then transforms down and rectifies to a mutiplicity of DC supples of around 18V and below.
 
How logical it would be if they all could be operated off 12V DC which is the universally-available voltage present in vehicles and relatively cheap bulk-delivery batteries!

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Ian Hickling
Partner
transplan UK

  

> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:30:24 +0100
> From: studio at ravensoundradio.co.uk
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Mains power where there ain't any!
> 
> Another one, Pocket Wifi, which takes any data sim, you need to know the 
> network ID (listed online), it has a mobile sized battery and connects 
> up to five wifi network devices. It's the size of a small mobile with 
> built in display and web interface is stand-alone so you can hang it in 
> a tree if the 3g is a long way off.
> 
> Regards, Tony
> 
> 
> CMA-L wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Eddie Stuart <eddie at kcr.fm>
> > 
> > As a bit of extra knowledge, some Draytek routers (& no doubt those of
> > other manufacturers) can use a mobile phone dongle for web access
> > which would mean that you can easily have more than 1 computer web
> > connected off-site.
> > 
> > If like us, you use broadband to send your web stream to Canstream for
> > webcasting, this can also provide you with a cheap studio based
> > fallback should your broadband go down.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Eddie
> 
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