Hi there,
To give some background I'm currently running a 320 watt solar panel, a 12v 80ah lead acid battery and the cheapest solar charge controller there is. This system is solely used to run a 4G/LTE router to provide wifi to some wireless Ring cameras that I have placed around the farm to keep an eye on. This has all worked perfectly the past 2 years.
I had someone repeatedly vandalise my field gates and posts over the last few weeks so I now wish to add cameras to the whole perimeter by adding a power over ethernet switch to my current router and running a further 2 routers off that switch. This will use substantially more power - up to 40 watts compared to the 10 it currently is.
I plan to upgrade the battery to a 240ah leisure battery to give sufficient capacity. I'm wondering how it would be best to charge it with a generator if there's not enough solar during bad weather? Ideally I would want the routers to remain connected so I could connect a generator for however many hours it takes whilst still having security.
Finally I have this inverter to run the router https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odoga-Powe...qid=1645095854&sprefix=inverte,aps,215&sr=8-8
It uses 7 watts whilst doing nothing. Is that normal or is it just very inefficient?
Also if anyone has any recommendations as to how I can optimised this I'd be happy to hear.
Cheers
To give some background I'm currently running a 320 watt solar panel, a 12v 80ah lead acid battery and the cheapest solar charge controller there is. This system is solely used to run a 4G/LTE router to provide wifi to some wireless Ring cameras that I have placed around the farm to keep an eye on. This has all worked perfectly the past 2 years.
I had someone repeatedly vandalise my field gates and posts over the last few weeks so I now wish to add cameras to the whole perimeter by adding a power over ethernet switch to my current router and running a further 2 routers off that switch. This will use substantially more power - up to 40 watts compared to the 10 it currently is.
I plan to upgrade the battery to a 240ah leisure battery to give sufficient capacity. I'm wondering how it would be best to charge it with a generator if there's not enough solar during bad weather? Ideally I would want the routers to remain connected so I could connect a generator for however many hours it takes whilst still having security.
Finally I have this inverter to run the router https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odoga-Powe...qid=1645095854&sprefix=inverte,aps,215&sr=8-8
It uses 7 watts whilst doing nothing. Is that normal or is it just very inefficient?
Also if anyone has any recommendations as to how I can optimised this I'd be happy to hear.
Cheers