Timeline for How to plan for power for an off grid solar station?
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| S Aug 16 at 21:33 | history | suggested | Pierre.Vriens | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
remove noise, improve question title, add tag
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| Aug 15 at 13:17 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 12, 2021 at 20:06 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 20:23 | comment | added | user115418 | Seamus and Goldilocks - Understand your points but as written I think my close is valid. The Pi has very little to do with the request (and I think the Pi 4 as per tag is totally the wrong device). There are many many solutions already for this and similar devices have been documented (see my MagPi link). | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 19:48 | answer | added | MaxDZ8 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 19:29 | comment | added | goldilocks♦ | @Andyroo I agree w/ Seamus here re topicality; generic electronics questions are a grey area, but sensibly enough we have always dealt with questions about power supply: The theory and math are trivial, and there are significant anecdotal/experiential observations to be made about the Pi in that context (eg., don't use a power bank meant for recharging mobile devices because...) | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 19:16 | comment | added | jsotola | check this out sparkfun.com/products/13745 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 19:00 | comment | added | Elliot Alderson | You say that the airport has "no communications" but you plan to use a cellular modem. Do you have cell service at your "very remote airport"? | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 18:57 | comment | added | jsotola | it seems that a raspberry pi is a waste of computing power and a waste of electrical power ... look at using something like an arduino for the job ... openweatherstation.com/ows/index.php | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 18:30 | comment | added | Seamus |
Welcome! Your question is interesting. I've been considering this project also. However, to improve your chances of getting useful answers, I feel your question would be much-improved if you did a little independent research first. Armed with the knowledge you gain, you could then formulate a more specific question. You could start with a search on raspberry pi off grid solar power. Or simply raspberry pi power usage
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| Dec 13, 2020 at 18:12 | answer | added | Ljm Dullaart | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 18:10 | comment | added | Seamus |
@Andyroo: Like you, I initially felt this was off-topic. I voted to close, but retracted that vote when I realized two things: 1) we have a tag for power, 2) there are 808 questions in it. That said, the scope of the question may be too large - IMHO, it would certainly benefit from more focus. (Hint to the OP :)
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| Dec 13, 2020 at 13:26 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 13, 2020 at 13:07 | comment | added | user115418 | I’m voting to close this question because its more power than Pi. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 13:06 | comment | added | user115418 | Hate to do this as it sounds a fascinating project but this is not actually a Pi issue - its a power issue and sits batter on the electronics exchange than here. As such I am voting for a close. As for advice - junk the Pi 4 (too power hungry - look at a zero or Arduino / ESP chip) and also check the early issues of MagPi (way back starting at issue 18 ) they have a series of articles on a remote weather station issue 8 has solar power magpi.raspberrypi.org/issues Google shows blog.voltaicsystems.com/… | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 12:46 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 13, 2020 at 12:40 | history | asked | Glenn May | CC BY-SA 4.0 |