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C h a p t e r 8
A l t h o u g h t h i s b o o k s e t o u t t o o v e r v i e w t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f a
m o b i l e 5 0 0 - w a t t s y s t e m u s i n g S G - 2 0 0 0 P o w e r t a l k t r a n s c e i v-
e r m a t e d w i t h a S G - 2 3 5 S m a r t u n e r a n d S G - 5 0 0 P o w e r c u b e ,
w e s h o u l d m e n t i o n " b a r e f o o t " 1 5 0 - w a t t s y s t e m s .
T h e s a m e a d v i c e a n d p r o c e d u r e s c o v e r e d o n c a b l e r o u t i n g ,
m o u n t i n g m e t h o d s , a n d v e h i c l e c o n f i g u r a t i o n s s t i l l a p p l y t o
l o w e r p o w e r s y s t e m s . T h e o v e r a l l i n s t a l l a t i o n w i l l b e a l m o s t
t h e s a m e , l e a v i n g o u t t h e S G - 5 0 0 o f c o u r s e , a n d p e r h a p s s u b-
s t i t u t i n g a n S G - 2 3 0 f o r t h e S G - 2 3 5 .
A u x i l i a r y B a t t e r y
T h e b i g q u e s t i o n w i l l p r o b a b l y b e , " D o I n e e d a n a u x i l i a r y
b a t t e r y s y s t e m ? " A 1 0 0 t o 1 5 0 W a t t H F t r a n s c e i v e r t y p i c a l l y
d r a w s 1 6 t o 2 4 a m p s o n t r a n s m i t ( C W ) . T h i s i s a b o u t o n e
f o u r t h t h e c u r r e n t r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t i t s b i g b r o t h e r , t h e 5 0 0 -
w a t t P o w e r c u b e , d r a w s o n t r a n s m i t . A l t h o u g h a n u n m o d i f i e d
v e h i c l e c h a r g i n g s y s t e m c a n e a s i l y h a n d l e t h i s l o a d , y o u m a y
w a n t t o c o n s i d e r a d d i n g t h e a u x i l i a r y b a t t e r y / s o l e n o i d s y s-
t e m a n y w a y . ( S e e C h a p t e r 6 . ) A f e w f a c t o r s f a v o r t h i s s u g g e s-
t i o n :
• A d d s r e l i a b i l i t y o f a b a c k u p p o w e r s o u r c e f o r
c o l d - w e a t h e r s t a r t i n g a n d e m e r g e n c i e s . O p e r a t o r s
i n r e g i o n s w i t h s u b - z e r o w i n t e r t e m p e r a t u r e s
m a y w a n t t o c o n s i d e r t h i s .
• A l l o w s f o r e a s i e r f u t u r e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h e
P o w e r c u b e , s h o u l d y o u s o m e d a y d e c i d e t o
u p g r a d e t o 5 0 0 - w a t t s .
• R e d u c e s o v e r a l l b a t t e r y d r a i n a n d a l l o w s
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