World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam

Steven Lake
Steven Lake Solar Expert Posts: 402 ✭✭
in General Solar Power Topics #1
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20114066-1/worlds-highest-webcam-could-use-a-sherpa/

Found this on TDW and thought you guys might find it interesting. Oddly enough, the setup is rather similar to my buddy's solar weather station setups.
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  • niel
    niel Solar Expert Posts: 10,300 ✭✭✭✭
    #2
    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam

    and here i thought the highest solar powered weather cam came from a satellite.:roll:
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #3
    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam
    niel wrote: »
    and here i thought the highest solar powered weather cam came from a satellite.:roll:

    What's the URL for that ??
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

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  • mikeo
    mikeo Solar Expert Posts: 386 ✭✭✭
    #4
    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam

    Maybe it should be renamed terrestrial web cam. I have one at 640 ft, what might be the lowest elevation and highest elevation for a solar powered web cam in the world that is accessible by your web browser.
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  • niel
    niel Solar Expert Posts: 10,300 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam
    mike90045 wrote: »
    What's the URL for that ??

    you'll have to ask the national weather service that question or you can receive it in the 137mhz area with the proper equipment.:D
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam
    niel wrote: »
    you'll have to ask the national weather service that question or you can receive it in the 137mhz area with the proper equipment.:D

    But's that's not a web cam, it's the downlink from the sat. :D
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

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  • niel
    niel Solar Expert Posts: 10,300 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam

    i am quite sure it would be available on the web, but the fact that it is not hooked directly from the camera to the web does not disqualify it as the highest. this may seem to be nit picking, but even webcams are wireless sometimes and you don't necessarily need a solid wire connection to qualify. the wireless aspect is just a bit more distant.:roll::D
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: World's Highest Solar Powered Webcam

    for my purposes, I define a web cam, as something accesable with a URL, not an antenna and downlink :D Like the Yeti cam, also up in the mountians.
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

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