Solis Energy announced this week (PDF) a suite of solar powered products aimed at, WiFi hotspots, WiMax radios, lights, traffic control sensors, and applications.
The rapid expansion of WiFi and security technologies has made getting power to isolated electronics more critical. Solis Energy designs and manufactures turnkey, stand-alone Solar Generators with Outdoor Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Streetlight Power Tap Adapters, and soon, devices for Power over Ethernet (POE).
According to C/Net, Solis installed a 220-watt solar panel that measures about 4 feet by 5 feet in Florida, which gets about 4.5 hours of peak solar energy a day. Their Solar Power Plant (right) costs $1,967.86, and uses 105 ah batteries at 12 volts for 50 watts
Ordinarily, a router only needs about 24 watts of power, said Solis Energy’s Founder and CEO Robert Reynolds. All that extra power goes to recharging the batteries, which run all night. The batteries in the system let the routers survive cloudy periods and can actually keep the router going for seven days without a recharge, Reynolds said.
“Our products provide continuous, reliable outdoor power generation, connectivity and emergency/secondary power back-up, anywhere it’s needed - including remote locations that don’t have power,” says Reynolds.
Solis Energy’s products are distributed globally through resellers including Cypress Equipment and Power Products Direct, and are field proven on applications by Motorola, SkyPilot Networks, Airaya, F4W, and others.
Their Streetlight Power Tap Adapters provide easy access to 120 vAC power from outdoor lights for running devices and applications like security/surveillance cameras, WiFi hotspots, WiMax radios, traffic monitoring or Solis Energy’s AC>DC Outdoor UPS systems.
Solis Outdoor Uninterruptible Power Supplies provide a secondary power source for routine applications or as battery back-up power for short-term emergency needs to maintain vital applications like wireless communications and video surveillance security systems.
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