Recent content by MetricMoose

Hello All! I'm looking at upgrading a few solar powered wireless internet towers that have some older equipment, less efficient panels and undersized battery banks that struggle during the winter months. Everything running from the system is DC, so no inverters are involved. Most of these...

I bought a 300W "UPS Inverter" from Inverter.com and it seems to work alright, I haven't opened it beyond replacing a fuse that I blew once. The price is in the range that you're looking for. I learned about them from the "WISP Talk" group on Facebook for wireless internet service providers and...

The generator has an auto choke from the factory, which is nice. I was kind of surprised how many small, electric start generators available locally would have features like a fob or bluetooth control but still have a manual choke. Seems like it would defeat the purpose... The Eco mode switch...

So far so good... The coldest we've started it in so far has been -10°C. We're finding it takes about 6-12 of the fixed-length start attempts to get running, but it does stay running. Thankfully we have the larger starter battery and small solar charger in there, since the repeated attempts...

About a month ago, I did a weekend project to build a quick and dirty WiFi interface to monitor my Renogy Wanderer PWM controller that came with the 100W solar panel kit, and later their Rover MPPT 30A. This lets me check on its current stats and toggle the load from a local webpage, as well as...

Hey everyone, I thought I'd share my efforts to modify an off-the-shelf Hyundai HY3500P generator from Princess Auto for use at an off-grid wireless ISP tower site. A couple years ago, my employer acquired a small wireless ISP network to expand into one region in Northern Ontario. This...