Hi, I'm trying to design a small system for our rural property. Hour house sits about 600 ft back from the road so I'm looking at building a small "shed" or possibly just a NEMA enclosure to hold my gear. I'll need to pick up cable internet access here so I'll have a cable modem, firewall, a POE wireless bridge and a POE security camera. I'll also want to run a sigle arm gate opener like a Mighty Mule MM660 (12V). I know the firewall I'll use will draw 14W max and 11W average, I'm guessing cable modem will be about the same. the two POE devices are standard 802.3af which is 15.4w and I will most likely drive those with external POE adapters. Rounding up my wattage for all 4 devices to 16 watts gives me 64 watts, not including the gate opener.
Ideally I'd like to keep these devices powered on 24x7 as I work all kinds of interesting hours. I could probably get away with running them 20 hours a day but Question 1 is would it be worth the wear and tear on the equipment to have a timer power them on/off daily?
Question 2 is confirming this calculation which I used from Renogy's website for 24 hour equipment operation:
Recommended System Size: 341.33 WATTS
Recommended Battery Size (12V):256.00 AMP-HOURS
Recommended Battery Size (24V):128.00 AMP-HOURS
Question 3 is am I going to be better off going to a 24V battery bank and just leaving the gate opener on its own panel/battery that Mightly Mule sells? https://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Mule-E.../dp/B00GWFT2AQ
Also as a side note I currently have no power at the property. I can pick up power at the road but I'd have to drop about $2000-2500 to build a pedestal and hook up fee's. Its also one of the most expensive costs per kwh in the US...and they are expecting a significant increase in cost...and the reliability in the area is terrible so I don't even want to go there.
Thanks in advance for any help/comments. I've been enjoying reading the forum!
Ideally I'd like to keep these devices powered on 24x7 as I work all kinds of interesting hours. I could probably get away with running them 20 hours a day but Question 1 is would it be worth the wear and tear on the equipment to have a timer power them on/off daily?
Question 2 is confirming this calculation which I used from Renogy's website for 24 hour equipment operation:
Recommended System Size: 341.33 WATTS
Recommended Battery Size (12V):256.00 AMP-HOURS
Recommended Battery Size (24V):128.00 AMP-HOURS
Question 3 is am I going to be better off going to a 24V battery bank and just leaving the gate opener on its own panel/battery that Mightly Mule sells? https://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Mule-E.../dp/B00GWFT2AQ
Also as a side note I currently have no power at the property. I can pick up power at the road but I'd have to drop about $2000-2500 to build a pedestal and hook up fee's. Its also one of the most expensive costs per kwh in the US...and they are expecting a significant increase in cost...and the reliability in the area is terrible so I don't even want to go there.
Thanks in advance for any help/comments. I've been enjoying reading the forum!
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