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Nick,

Yep, that reads about right, reducing the load is the safest way to
reduce costs while maintaining
reliability.

Regards,                                 
Lance Turner
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East Brunswick VIC 3057
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======= At 2003-10-20, 12:13:00 you wrote: =======

>Gday Lance
>thanks for your time in the discussion of solar powered APs
>
>To recap to make sure I have this correct your quick estimation is
> based on 500 milliamps 9-12v? AP you'd need:
>
>Sealed Lead acid (gel) Battery    $600 - $900
>
>Decent Regulator                  $300
>
>At least 80 watts of solar panel  $900
>(120 watts better)
>
>
>However the apple airport rated at 290Ma 12v (and possibly lower) would
>lower all the costs quite significantly. Which is good because at that
>sort of dough solar would only be useful if mains wasn't available
>
>wind power is probaly not the go as the infrastructure required is
>likely too bulky, costly and very dependent on site factors
>
>if you want to check out Melb Wireless and solar discussions in
>particular
>http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/wiki/?WGSolarPower
>
>Regards Nick Sibbing

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