Internet is Down Again! at the Mountain Relay Station - 1451

[@rschrader]

Nice little video from your Portuguese Playhouse. Merry Christmas Morton and to all of your viewers as well! 🎄

[@MyPlayHouse]

Happy holidays! and man thanks!!

[@bertblankenstein3738]

There is a Sulphur Mountain at Banff, AB, CA. There was a man Norman Sanson who operated a cosmic ray research station 700m up (not the highest part of the mountain) for 30 years. He made the trip up 1000 times.

[@MyPlayHouse]

I have no plan to beat that record!!

[@bertblankenstein3738]

@MyPlayHouse I think I've hiked it 30 times myself. Merry Christmas Morten!

[@WoTpro]

had me giggling watching Morten run up and down that mountain for LTE coverage

[@tyellowquill]

did you put a bit of silicon or sealant behind the screws, where the box attaches to the pole. When working with electronics in a sealed environment, next killer is condensation, which leads to fun issues. One can maintain the water tightness, with a leg of pipe or conduit, to prevent it from having water enter from below, ie from a storrmy winds, while allowing the box to breath

[@MyPlayHouse]

I did drill holes in the bottom,, so water will most likely drain out if any finds it´s way in.

[@rm847]

Happy holidays Morton!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Happy holidays! to you and yours as well!

[@SimRacingFanDK]

Merry xmas morten 😊🎄

[@MyPlayHouse]

Merry Christmas :-)

[@LethalBB]

40.0 Mpbs sounds like you're hitting a QoS limit set by the MVNO.

[@MyPlayHouse]

I have also been thinking that,, there is tree providers,, need to try the others...

[@rm847]

Hi Morton, you could hammer paint everything, the box, the pole, the wires battery box: drill water draining holes and Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer rubber or EDPM rubber.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Thank You for your sugestions,, Paint,, might be an option..

[@PhilipSaunders-d3v]

Happy Holidays

[@MyPlayHouse]

Happy New Year @PhilipSaunders-d3v Really hope that 2025 will be a year, that will bring back more happiness,, - Morten

[@richcreedy4118]

you need a soldering rework station with hot air, works so much better for the heatshrink.

[@MyPlayHouse]

I have been offered SO many soldering stations,, but no soldering rework station,, but yes I should get one.

[@zenja42]

I'm running a small on demand setup with wireless, LTE, PMR Repeater (basicly just an ham radio with that feature), wireless backhall and a weatherstation on a studio lamp mount. You like it trying and a bit janky, but so far I can say that a 35€ outdoor box can reduce the jank level by a lot. Also, the box is a good idea, but if you want something cheap and a bit more temperature resistent, you can get a cheap passiv cooling box at lidl, which has better water resistence. I personally just us a upside down eurobox for the temp setup and puts the battery on a wood block mixing buckets as weights. My setup is a old 160w poly panel, Victron 75/15 (the only new part apart from the cables), an old Dell IoT 5000 who does LTE/wifi, routing and VPN, 24v car USB-A & C-PD charger and a 24v50ah battery. This lasts like 1 day without sun, mainly because of the powerdraw is high and the panel does 90w peak, the victron says. Hope this may bring you some ideas ^^

[@MyPlayHouse]

Well I do the best I can,, it's 30Km to the shop,, so you pick something that you think will do the job,, and hope for the best,, it´s a minimum of 2 hours to go and get something else,, this has now run stable for 5 days.

[@bastian775]

Maybe use some outdoor rated cable. I guess you could also try to use some PVC tape to temporarily make it more sun/water resistant. AIso I don't think the box can be in the sun without some forced cooling in some way. Especially in summer.

[@MyPlayHouse]

might become a greenhouse... it is kind of shaded under the panels

[@johnstouchpad6437]

I guess that battery does not have Bluetooth? To download the logs.

[@MyPlayHouse]

No it does not have BT,, but I have never seen one with a log :-?

[@J4MES1]

I think your fuse holder is for Mini fuses and the fuses you have are Mini Low Profile which would be why it didn't seem like a good connection.

[@MyPlayHouse]

It did work out.. :-)

[@netsspam]

hey morten, for the battery box, would it make sense to dig it out a lil deeper, and put some lil rock down, and then put drain holes in the box, so the water, if it got in again, could drain out?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Maybe,, but I believe the water has come in, as the black plastic was broken.

[@DanielFSmith]

The water gets in because the box breathes as the temperature fluctuates. When air comes in, the water vapor condenses on the cold walls.

[@fuba44]

You don't think the charge controller will overheat in that little greenhouse?

[@MyPlayHouse]

It,,may :-/ We will See..

[@El_Iggy_the_first]

Just a suggestion... In summer the cooling of the mppt device will fail with ambient temperature above 30C and in that closed case will reach above 60C. Love the vids. Merry Xmass !!

[@MyPlayHouse]

The box is kind of in the shade under the solar panels,,, It will have to do much (2 * 30W and 12v is max 5A) But there is the danger of it becoming a greenhouse.

[@rm847]

Hi Morton, what about a hammered painted 5 coats, wooden wine box(inside and out), that would protect it from the sun, rain and the heat. 1) hammered painted, UV-resistant paint for iron gates. 2) Wine box, free in most stores.

[@MyPlayHouse]

I am a bit afraid the transparent box will act like a greenhouse..

[@rm847]

@@MyPlayHouse use a painted wine box for shadow, no door for ventilation!

[@rm847]

@@MyPlayHouse Morton, brug den malede vinkasse uden døren som skygge for at beskytte plastikkassen. Brug hammermaling til at male alting. There in Danish for you.

[@protox07]

Have a happy holidays My Playhouse

[@MyPlayHouse]

Thank you! and the same to you and yours..

[@shephusted2714]

you should try wire stripping tools? you probably want 2 independent systems and then run opnsense and wifi6 for the backhaul - use multiwan to agg the pipes - or you could just add a couple phones (you could put them in a couple ventilated plastic boxes and opnsense and have triwan 60 up and down

[@MyPlayHouse]

I am a bit suppressed with the speed,, at home we get way faster internet on out 4G/5G

[@regchan]

Victron Energy Meter VM-3P75CT might be useful for power monitoring up there

[@MyPlayHouse]

Nahh that is meant for 230V AC,, it is all 12v up there.

[@timbox74]

Merry Christmas Morten, great video as always, Happy new year to you and yours, may 2025 bring us loads of new videos 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@MyPlayHouse]

Happy New Year @timbox74 Really hope that 2025 will be a year, that will bring back more happiness,, - Morten

[@AhmetMurati]

That device warmers up so it has to have ventilation

[@MyPlayHouse]

Yes,, but it is not going to be doing much,, it is rated for 30A,, but will never do more than 3-4A in this setup.

[@lordstevewilson1331]

Have you tried Ubiquiti sunmax solarpoint..

[@MyPlayHouse]

That Does look like a cool box,, No I did not know of it.

[@ama220]

hej korten bra gjort intressant.2 saker jag hade gjort skyddat kablen till batteriet i en slang . Och bytt batteri lådan något beter det är på gång att göra framåt . Hoppas funkar bra nu.) god jul)

[@MyPlayHouse]

Yes,, there is room for improvement..

[@pedro_8240]

During how many days would that battery be able to power this setup, at least a whole week? Seems incredibly overkill.

[@MyPlayHouse]

280Ah battery,, fully charged more than 280hours,, 12-ish days..

[@JohnDean-uz3go]

In Scotland, a Munro is a mountain over 3,000 feet in height. Perhaps we should call your Portuguese 'mountain' a Morten.😀

[@MyPlayHouse]

My mountain is like 906-ish feet,, I am not going to call it Morten,, you know small mountain, small ,,, ahh never mind :-)

[@adlerweb]

🎶"Playhouse man in climbing a mountain. Why is he climbing a mountain?"

[@MyPlayHouse]

To see what is on the other side...

[@grahamleiper1538]

Does the BMS turn off the battery if the voltage goes too high. Get similar issue using LiFePO4 with a UPS. Would it be worth having a small lead acid battery in parallel?

[@MyPlayHouse]

That would be really stupid,, it should just stop charging,, I do not know why it kept shouting off.. but after this video it has been stable for 5 days now.

[@grahamleiper1538]

@MyPlayHouse thanks for the reply. Merry Xmas.

[@Kristjan10a]

just tested and i got like 380 with 5G, but i live like 100 meters from the mast.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Well my iphone 14,, only did that on all bares of 5G with line of sight to the mast.. might be max the mast does.

[@skynetcybersystem3tech]

👍✨🌟 great 🌟✨

[@MyPlayHouse]

Thanks for the visit

[@DiyintheGhetto]

That’s a bug not a feature. 😅

[@MyPlayHouse]

:-) one of the two,,,

[@DiyintheGhetto]

@@MyPlayHouse Yes Sir ;)

[@bertblankenstein3738]

Mountain Man Morten.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Better man, then goat :-)

[@samuellopez-je9nw]

paint box with uv resistant paint brother

[@MyPlayHouse]

Good sugestion,, thanx

[@killertomate1000]

why dont you try starlink? should be better and faster

[@MyPlayHouse]

Maybe,, but I am not a fan of Mr. Starlink...

[@sarah1202]

Why not just pull ethernet câble with PoE ? Et the end it's more reliable and offrer you hard reset feature. If you're over 100 metter , ac power + Fiber + media converter work too. UV câble cost a bit more but still cheaper than zll Solar + wifi stuff

[@MyPlayHouse]

There is 230 meter and wild boar, that dig up the ground.. and the WiFi bridge has been stable. With 230 meter,, I would need repeaters,, or I might.

[@sarah1202]

@@MyPlayHouse You can do single mode fiber with some cheap 1G tranceiver and media converter. It require you tu run a powerline + a fiber on those 230 metter, but it's more reliable at the end. But ok, create a 230 metter trench to burry those cable is not the fun part, specificaly with the height ;)

[@akitotest01]

How Is speed over 4g ?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Fresh speed test from my laptop.. Download Mbps 26.20 Upload Mbps 18.04

[@timcat1004]

Get Troy Reid to fix it lol

[@MyPlayHouse]

Have not kept up what he has been doing on solar,, but he did do a lot of this stuff on the cheap, when I did watch him.

[@dfgaJK]

time for starlink... 🤣

[@MyPlayHouse]

Maybe,, but I am not a fan of Mr. Starlink...

[@fuba44]

​@@MyPlayHouse Agree, 100%

[@mihumono]

Hey Morten, as far as I am aware, you should not twist the wire, before crimping.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Well I m sure you should also not lay them doble,,, :-)

[@cristianjuliano6589]

Hello.. The controller, being enclosed in the box, will not cause failure due to heating? That is my doubt. Greetings

[@MyPlayHouse]

There is that change :-/ I also came to think that that transparent box, might work as a greenhouse..

[@DodgyFPV]

The battery has its own BMS (Battery Management System) which will turn off in the event of over discharge, so you could install a regulator directly off the battery to power the internet relay and not use the charge controllers load option, those charge controllers are not stable or reliable, also you can buy a shunt that monitors the power which can connect to the internet, food for thought.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Might be worth it to have a DC-DC step down converter connected to the solar panels and pushing ,, maybe 12,5v in to the battery around the charge controller..

[@guywhoknows]

Dont forget that you need to set the charge controller to the correct voltages. If you have a heated battery dont forget that it will also drain power from the battery.

[@MyPlayHouse]

The heat is only needed when you want to charge the batteries in cold weather. What it will do is. the battery will disable charging as the battery is to cold,, if there is power comming in, it will direct that power to the heating element. If the battery becomes warm enough, it will start charging. Battery power is not used for heating.

[@markarca6360]

Finally he did use an MPPT solar charge controller, as well as new solar-rated cables. Thanks for listening, as well as Merry Christmas from the Philippines! 🌲🎄

[@MyPlayHouse]

I had to check,, You are right,, it claims to be a MPPT,,, it was only €10-ish I did not even realizes it was MPPT

[@markgoldthorpe1549]

i think u be better going star link

[@MyPlayHouse]

I do not like the guy that runes thar show..

[@farmerkampi3583]

Hey, Starlink would definitely be an option for your situation. It really works very well! You can dismantle all the stuff and use it for something else. And Starlink isn't expensive for the performance you get. My opinion!

[@MyPlayHouse]

I am not a big fan of the guy that runs the Starlink show :-/

[@Alexander19350]

Starlink ?

[@MyPlayHouse]

I am not a fan of the man in charge of that...

[@Alexander19350]

@@MyPlayHouse you mean Ideologie ?

[@notitel2530]

What about Starlink

[@MyPlayHouse]

Maybe,, but I am not a fan of Mr. Starlink...

[@francocastilloAR]

21:24 Ese palo es peligroso para el panel.

[@MyPlayHouse]

HI @francocastilloAR My channel is English, and to make sure as many as possible, can also enjoy the comments, they are also English. Please keep to English. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@francocastilloAR]

@MyPlayHouse También puedes traducir.

[@MrMiaunel]

You are doing crap after crap after crap. Plastic box/cabinet exists for 20e. Lunch boxes for IT equipments is idiocracy. You deserve all the problems you have.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Ahh,, I think you are missing the point,, I do actually like playing with this,, I am not sad, to have to improve on it. I could just throw €1000 after this and fix the issues,,, That is no fun. Don't see it as me wasting my time on cheap crap,, se it as an effort to solve a problem with a minimum of resources. It was not a Lunch boxes,, it was a high quality water prove tool box of some sort,, it was €22,, not that cheap.