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Re: [TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTING

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTING
From: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:32:43 -0400
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How can you get the battery to Belize?

John KK9A

K4XS wrote:

First, thanks to all who responded  to my post.  I've got it all sorted out.
I purchase two new beacons lights which had 106 Watt bulbs for 110VAC.
Bought two strings of LED lights which had more Lumens than a 100W bulb.
Took the transformer off both sets off lights so they would run on 12VDC.
Then I coiled them around an old paint roller cover and stuffed them in the
beacon housing.  Purchased a sensor to limit operation to night time and  a
flasher from Amazon.   Got a 100W solar panel , a 35 A/hour battery and
voltage regulator also. 
Panel and battery have not yet arrived, but I tested the system and it is
very bright and flashes about once a second.  I wasted (it really wasn't
needed except to satisfy them) for around $250 on the entire system.
Whoever said hams were cheap is right.

Bill K4XS/KH7B/V31XX

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