Mobile mast question

50Twuncle

Do mobile masts not have a back up battery that should kick in - in the event of a loss of power to them ?
We had a power outage, two weeks ago and I lost my mobile connection.......it came back, a few hours after the supply returned.

Just wondered because BBC weather warnings say "mobile phone coverage may be affected by snow.."

Farway

The snow affect is down to atmosphere, same as your TV signal is affected, if using aerial that is

Heavy snow will be much same as say a big building or huge tree

societys_child

"mobile phone coverage may be affected by snow.."

. . and satellite tv reception, and various other communication systems etc. .

Mister_G

50Twuncle wrote: »

Do mobile masts not have a back up battery that should kick in - in the event of a loss of power to them ?
We had a power outage, two weeks ago and I lost my mobile connection.......it came back, a few hours after the supply returned.

Just wondered because BBC weather warnings say "mobile phone coverage may be affected by snow.."

Yes, all mobile phone base station sites have a degree of battery backup as the majority of equipment is 48v DC powered. The length of this varies depending on how important the site is.

Important Node sites tend to have generator backup as well.