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Re: power to the internet
From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 10:37:06 -0800
On 12/26/19 10:19 AM, Jason Wilson wrote:
As a small WISP operator in Northern California and well into the urban interface we fell victim to the PSPS this year. Thousands was spent on upgrading battery plants that would normally hold during a short outage and generator purchases, whether it be small inverter style generators for small sites to permanent standby site generators for those sites that are larger or a PITA to get to. We still have more work to do and hope to be better prepared for next summers rounds of shut offs. I am currently developing a portable trailer mounted solar/battery plant to replace the portable generators just for fuel cost savings since I spent just about $500/week in generator fuel alone for the largest outage.Yeah, that's the biggest change: the outages are 2-3 days each. Maybe they'll get better but their stated goal is to inspect the entire distribution system before turning power back on, so that is going to take some time no matter what.
And the fuel cost is definitely a consideration. Unfortunately October and November is pretty lousy for solar. Wind might be better since that is the reason they're doing the PSPS in the first place :)
Mike
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- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 25)
- Re: power to the internet Stephen Satchell (Dec 25)
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- Re: power to the internet Constantine A. Murenin (Dec 25)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 25)
- Re: power to the internet Constantine A. Murenin (Dec 25)
- Re: power to the internet Tom Beecher (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Mike Bolitho (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Jason Wilson (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Tom Beecher (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet John Levine (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet John Levine (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Fred Baker (Dec 26)
- Re: power to the internet Michael Thomas (Dec 27)
- Re: power to the internet Jason Wilson (Dec 27)