From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qt0-x236.google.com (mail-qt0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9316F3BA8E for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:25:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-qt0-x236.google.com with SMTP id u19so181485218qta.3 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:25:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=/gsNd4JjV7u07EbKQ/9KcA5go6Fbmy0URZmbNriN9hQ=; b=Rc4D7Go0ZT0kuhy2/sdUUv+I6xLvBuw2ZUneE5w+muUkErSuApMNfVwWsnhZfo4LSZ HDE8QyXyDzatFiwQdmFe4/7pU6mxBV7oKvnKZw9gv06FzmeI9vBIERhvQLDONbw/Rr/x kHWM47LKXf8fFDNW77K1bNSfjlYPjpy7yLUi+3H3w6k2YLobl0P0Mt9bWJV3glm/UbKA kmW26ChqPQCvFaFRrZG/uKCQtX2SY5SQCjiWE8DOzEoQq6rwYxaTEBe7D9bQhFB8v7ws Z+OvNxB596hJqw20mZ/hGXvvGeh8jta2kuXt/CKOEc0YLJZL306Pzi2c8LsumwBX8hKo 3KUQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=/gsNd4JjV7u07EbKQ/9KcA5go6Fbmy0URZmbNriN9hQ=; b=Cc3FTlSYwG/D9AV4QdyvLTLEXZ1+Fm7lf7NepAKVtKZWRxLOy/CTVX1yzsNX2vNUUP aZ25JDDT9/aLz9oPfsvNZZ6yTUuoLZrfl4HrbumATzb4mxfRZiXTLd/yTGC2kwu60D1H C8Rlzsee4FTXOCmqjQFfhepIa7GuPUvSOOu7Q3hwf3rxI+rTOQyQ1f5qWwk441th9w8W 8neWshosDAFHcXokSrS8peGM5KqcVRDejskRyKVHz/tRlRIbYcf7kJ9ovcZbKo8RWLEd sp5H1nKqKAeJExWKXEb5msed+sozGU3gge//K6168aSPp4gXBBmppTSYA1vweTgM5KMd BYPA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOzZDlEhoZ09k1eM8VxtIcdbIhdRfm+0q5UxCdK196LApsbmWM68 38X96rQE/2VOC7JWTwHkn0HIjFazKA== X-Received: by 10.55.52.11 with SMTP id b11mr1406281qka.68.1497374702086; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:25:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.131.34 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:25:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <2d60e776-2a4f-de66-0d2f-a36568562f96@gmail.com> <1496685154.544113991@apps.rackspace.com> From: Dave Taht Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:25:01 -0700 Message-ID: To: Richard Smith Cc: Christopher Robin , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] solar wifi ap designs? X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:25:02 -0000 If you run the numbers for Nicaragua, you'll find that the solar coverage is WAY better year round. (share the spreadsheet?) The problem is the rainy season from late august through november, and I was aiming for 3 days of battery life, with only 20% sun over those days. (yes, the whole bufferbloat project has always sort of been, for me, about *eventually* having wifi routers you could drop off a truck (or drone!), that would "just work" in the third world. I didn't do all this just to solve first world problems!) I have a new site to try out and IF I get my act together soon enough, I hope to do a deployment down there before it starts to rain overmuch. See: http://www.harmonia.life/ . I might give wind a try, also. I am heading down there next week or the one following to explore the possibilities (and get some surfing in!). Now that my new office space is coming along, I have space and tools (cnc machine, etc), to try and build something that would work. I'd always intended local manufacture of the edison batteries..... AND: speaking of all that, if anyone's bored and wants to camp out for a week or three, I have spare tent site reserved in los gatos... and some space down in harmonia, also... and I'm happy to say, I, at least, am having fun with all this, again, finally.