Telecom towers and their power
I assume cell phone towers have generators, and battery backup for when the generators run out of gas. Does anybody know if there is a standard on how long they have to be able to provide power for...
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Some years back when we owned mountain top property, we leased a spot to a cell tower company. After the tower was up, they installed a propane fueled generator for backup power, and used it as the primary power for the month or so it took for the power company/contractor to get the buried power line in place. The propane company installed two 100 gallon tanks initially, but after the power line was in place, they took one tank away. Other then the initial setup and delivery, we never saw the propane company again until they came to top off one tank and take the other one away, so that was about a 30 day run 24/7. I don't know how far down the second tank was when they topped it off, but I would guess the single tank could run the site for 15-20 days anyway. Of course that would be useless if the supporting infrastructure for the individual carriers was also down.
