>Does anyone have an idea how much electricity the equipment
>at a typical cell tower uses? Or what supply is run to them?
>The towers have a lot of equipment at the base that
>handles all the cell phone calls.

I tyically design in a 200amp panel and have 100 amp service installed by the
phone company.

Someone else mentioned that the heaviest load is probably the air conditioners
- true.

MTSO's typically need more electricity!

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John S.
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