Solar Powering 

The purpose of this document is to give a brief explanation of the means by which the use of solar power can aid the installation of IRS into the smallest apartment blocks.

These so-called micro blocks can best be identified as being those blocks that fall into the following categories.

• Blocks of circa 12 homes or less
• Blocks where a landlords power supply is cost prohibitive
• Terraces of houses (strictly speaking not micro blocks)
• Areas of special study or demonstration (green or grid connected areas)

Solar powered IRS is a comparatively new concept made possible now due to several recent developments, most notably the decreasing cost of solar panels, the increased availability of so-called high efficiency encapsulated designs and purpose designed ultra low draw transistor stages now useable in antenna amplifiers (courtesy of the mobile phone industry).