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Changes for page ANU Seismic Data Loggers

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17 17  At 100 Hz and with a GPS cable connected these loggers draw about 220 mW of power once the screen is off (higher sample rates draw more power but only marginally, < 5 mW). Adding a sensor (e.g. a Trillium Compact 120) increases this to approximately 400 mW, or 0.4 volt-amps. So, in theory 7 Ah battery should last about 10 days without a solar panel, but in practice it seems to be a bit closer to 8 which may be due to variability in power drain while in getting GPS locks.
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19 -For very sunny environments (latitudes < 30) a 20 Volt, 10 Watt solar panel should have no issue keeping these loggers alive over the summer months, and assuming unobstructed skies should also be fine over winter. **However** when possible a 20 Watt pane works best, especially as they usually cost only $10-20 more these days.
19 +For very sunny environments (latitudes < 30) a 20 Volts 10 Watt solar panel should have no issue keeping these loggers alive over the summer months, and assuming unobstructed skies should also be fine over winter. However there is no harm in using 20 or even a 40 Watt panel, especially for high latitudes, coastal regions, or areas without a full sky view. In theory up to a 60 Watt solar panel is fine, but we don't recommend anything over 40 Watts and that amount of power is already overkill.
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21 -40 Watt panels can also be used, and may be needed for extreme climates, or areas without a full sky view. 60 Watt panels have also been known to work, but this is now reaching the the limit of what the loggers can reasonably handle for extended periods and are not recommended for long term deploys.
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25 25  Power issues are easy and cheap to solve relative to the cost of your experiment, don't skimp!
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219 219  For the most part, the data logger response essentially flat when the samplerate output is set to 100 Hz or less and for seismological purposes is likely to be impossible to detect below 20 Hz regardless.
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221 -Instrument response can be downloaded from IRIS [[Nominal Response Library>>https://ds.iris.edu/ds/nrl/datalogger/anurses]] if need be, or [[directly from us>>http://auspass.edu.au/data/logger_response]] , or by downloading the response of an equivalent sensor at AusPass (e.g. get_stations(level='response') ).
219 +Instrument response can be downloaded from IRIS [[Nominal Response Library>>https://ds.iris.edu/ds/nrl/anurses]] if need be, or [[directly from us>>http://auspass.edu.au/data/logger_response]] , or by downloading the response of an equivalent sensor at AusPass (e.g. get_stations(level='response') ).
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224 224  [[Amplitude and phase response for ANU logger at 50 Hz>>image:ANU_50hz_response.png||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="356" width="475"]]
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