I am putting up a "temporary" light while our lighthouse is being rebuilt. I will be using a 300mm. 3.05A lamps with a one second flash every ten seconds. How many 35W solar panels and batteries(delco s2000) should I use?
Look in the Solar Design Manual, M16500(decimal something). Has charts for different areas of the country, broken down by lamp size and flash characteristic. The chart won't say specifically "you need this many batteries" it will show Ampere Hours (Ah), each 100Ah is one Delco S2000. It will say what size panel and how many are needed.
By your profile you seem to be in Louisiana somewhere, so if you can't solar calc it yourself, then contact D8(DPW) and ask them to help. Thats what they are there for. I've had them help me solar calc a range before that we kept on having problems with and they came up with something different than I did which worked.
Contacting DPW is the right way to go. They should have an excel spreadsheet that does all the calcs for you. Not only that, they should be involved in the authorization for any "temporary lights" anyway.
The Excel spreadsheet is available on the CG-37PWN or the Short Range ATON page for HQ. I have it at work, if you need it e-mail at work and I will zap it your way.
