On 6/3/21 5:59 PM, Lux, Jim wrote:
On 6/3/21 5:32 PM, Bill via TowerTalk wrote:
After lots of BS and wrangling, it appears I will probably get a
permit for my tower in Belize. That's the good news. The bad news
is that although I am far from any airport the authorities want this
tower lighted up. Although the tower is 135 feet they want a "high
intensity" light at the top and another in the middle. I know it's
BS but I am up the stump on this. I really am not too keen on
hooking up my electric mains to a 130 ft tower in an area prone to
lightning and I am certainly not too keen on having to lay out a fist
full of bucks for the lights. My contractor thinks we could put
something up on top so they will be satisfied and thinks we would
never see the guys again.
Since all the authorities are far away (at least 80 miles) they
certainly aren't going to be able to tell a high intensity from a
regular red light. To top it off, none of the towers in the area are
lit.
Any ideas? Litigation is not a viable option as I am a gringo in
Belize.
Bill K4XS/V31XX
?
Running power isn't that much of a pain - you have a small isolation
transformer at the base and spark gap type protection to ground.
However, as to the actual lights...what about those LED "road flare"
replacements - They're really bright and cheap. and run off 12V
try https://www.superbrightleds.com/
It occurs to me that in (mostly) sunny Belize, you could probably run
one of these beacons off a solar panel and a 12V battery. They're
something like a watt or 3 (1/4 amp or so). So figure 12 hours a night
on time, that will take 3 amp hours - a standard lead acid brick is
7Ah. 10 W solar panels aren't very big or expensive.
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