Remote equipment, challenging terrain, long runs of power services, government regulation, and manpower costs create an environment for wireless automated pipeline rectifier monitoring. This paper will discuss the trials, experiences, lessons and real life application of low cost, broad area, wireless cathodic protection (CP) rectifier monitoring for remote areas. The system goals are to monitor the CP equipment status, retrieve and report the rectifier output daily, report anomalies as they occur (power outages, drastic changes in rectifier output, etc.), create DOT reports (or interface with current reporting mechanisms), and give a graphical display of the rectifier behavior over time.