18Nov09 Site Visit: CG, KK, JM
- Purpose: Install 5 Licor 7500's
- Power: We rearranged the power / batteries to accomodate the licors. A high current/trickle/equalize battery charger was connected directly to the battery chain using the last 'external battery' amp connector. This leaves 3 batteries in the string. A power distribution Tee was connected to the 'fused load' of the primary battery box with one secondary going to the Adam and the other going to the 5 Licor chain. This was done because earlier tests showed that the voltage drop in our smaller gauge isfs serial cables was excessive and causing the higher-level licors to not have adequate supply voltage. The internal solar-battery-charger is now being used only as a 'low-voltage-disconnect' switch for these 2 loads. This was because an excessive feedback impedance from the Morningstar charge controller was causing the commercial battery charger to not see the proper battery voltage preventing it from starting up to supply the loads (ie battery charger was 'too smart'). A regulated, current limiting supply wouldn't care and could be cranked up to a voltage more closely approximating solar panels (ie 14-15vdc).
- Licors Installed
Level |
Licor S/N |
Adam ttySx |
Freq,BPS |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
43m |
1164 |
17 |
10,9600 |
Disconnected from panel, diamond board #2 |
30m |
1163 |
14 |
10,9600 |
|
15m |
1167 |
11 |
10,9600 |
Disconnected from panel, diamond board #1 |
7.5m |
1166 |
7 |
20,19.2k |
|
2.5m |
0813 |
2 |
20,19.2k |
Refurbished recently, On Viper board |