9/19 – Team Meeting

• Decided to go with fixed panels instead of tracking – must consider how much power is needed to move panels vs. how much load we have
• Manually adjustable or 100% fixed
• Can buy controller for between batteries and panels

9/20 – Meeting at HMF

• Events St. Patrick’s Day to December
• Trailers have weight capacity that we need to consider
• Ideally, have trailers ready for St. Patrick’s Day
• Currently use 4 x 2 kW generators and car battery with inverter for power
• 29 other races are not marathons, Eversource marathon is the only marathon and it is unrepresentative of their events
• “Can” trailer goes to race basically empty, comes back w/ cans, goes to the 2nd most events
• 4 triathlons every year, equipment for that stays in 16’ trailer all year
• Power at least 1 speaker, often 2, at every race
• At minimum, plug on outside of trailer for Arch air blower motor
• Can trailer near registration, 20’ trailer at finish line
• 4-8 laptops (they own 10) used at registration. 1 car battery can power those PCs
• Rent a solar trailer for the Marathon – Consolidated Solar in PA
• Glastonbury Transfer Station can measure the weights of the trailers
• Budget is around $5000, but sponsorship is likely
• 5k and triathlon events start at 4:30-5:00am and go until 10:30 – about 6 hour run time
• Half Marathons are 9 hours from setup to break down
• The Marathon is 12 hours from setup to break down
• 20’ trailer enclosure dimensions: (WxLxH) 102 x 245 x 86 in.
• 12’ trailer enclosure dimensions: (WxLxH) 73 x 150 x 77 in.