Looking to catch a 4g signal which is 150 m away from a farm building. So need a electrical source too feed the aerial. Will we be able to lie the swa cable in the bottom of a double fenced hedge line which runs right to where we need to be, in order to save a lot of digging around drains, water pipes etc or does it need to be buried properly. TIA.
Burying armoured cable?
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Exfarmer
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- Bury St Edmunds
If you are in the middle of nowhere and it is not likely to be stolen, would it be possible to use a solar panel and battery as a powersource?
with the right size battery and made for the job inverter, think it would seldom fail
I suspect the caravan boys would have ideas
with the right size battery and made for the job inverter, think it would seldom fail
I suspect the caravan boys would have ideas
Pretty short days up here in the middle of winter though, thoughts were not enough power to be had.
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I am not an expert on these repeaters , ( that is what I am thinking you are going for), take very little power but please dont rely on me
wanton dwarf
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Could hire a mole tool, but you'd have to dig a small trench every so often to carry on the run.
150 metres is a significant length so if you are thinking of running a 13 amp plug at that distance then be aware you need to allow for resistance in the cable and get a bigger cable.
There's a calculator on Doncastor Cables website if you are interested.
PS: Thinking about it your probably better off trenching and laying a yellow plastic marker to stop others in the future having an accident.
150 metres is a significant length so if you are thinking of running a 13 amp plug at that distance then be aware you need to allow for resistance in the cable and get a bigger cable.
There's a calculator on Doncastor Cables website if you are interested.
PS: Thinking about it your probably better off trenching and laying a yellow plastic marker to stop others in the future having an accident.
If it’s just your farm and safe enough, pull cable through a black duct and lay it in the hedge. Serious risk of Hedgecutter munching on it but sometimes trenching is too much hassle. Get a good sparky to get a good breaker on it in case it does get cut!
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- Montgomeryshire
Do you need mains electric there? Presumably the bit of equipment you are going to site there will run off a transformer (5v input?), so could you site that transformer at the buildings and run a low voltage line the 150m instead? It would save a fortune in cable and be a lot safer in case of future mishaps.
Pheasant Surprise
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That’s what BT like to do, not mains admittedly!
Armoured though is pretty tough and if your REALLY sure nothing will disrupt it in the hedgerow, (perhaps like a flail
) then go ahead. Just make sure it has an RCBO on the end. I’m sure your comm. sparky will advise I’ve done the solar thing, and it’s OK but don’t underestimate how little juice you get after five or so sunshine-short, dim, drizzly days in the middle of winter. So upsize the panel and battery to last a few days without charge. Otherwise it will be an unreliable nightmare.
Don’t use transformers - Use high efficiency DC to DC converters. Inverters will waste precious juice going up to AC only to drop back to DC for the router
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No you will need a heavier cable. May not need to be armoured but the voltage drop would be high on that distance.