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Originally Posted by hcoles

@ blucille, Steve,
Good points/ideas. If I can run power to the top of the hill then I could go with two wifi jumps.
Or maybe have a solar power setup on the top of the hill to get power there. Would that work?

Solar/battery options are outside of my area of expertise, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a way to put a box on the hill with a battery and solar panel that could then power the wifi day and night and in times of no sun. I'm not sure what/how much battery would be required if you had a week of clouds and rain. Being in Cali, you may never have to deal with that. I'm sure you'd still get some power from the solar, but it would take knowledge about how much power was being drawn by the wifi, how much power the solar provides and what sort of power the battery was able to provide. Then of course, there's how you feel about it not working sometimes.