I have had mixed results with the MIkrotik ones. They might be fine for what you want which is pretty much just telemetry, but I haven’t found them to be good enough for customers to do Netflix and Zoom classes over.
Are you going to use existing 110V wiring, or install something like new 1/2 inch conduit (I don’t like using EMT outdoors) for a new AC run? If the worry is putting Ethernet in the same pipe as high voltage, could you run fiber through the same conduit? From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:56 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Powerline adapters Mikrotik makes one. You do have to be in the same phase, keep that in mind. In our case we've got a DC plan on the ground and just pay $18/mo for a Sprint data card. It's a lot easier than running cable up/down the building - at the very least we'd need a ~200 foot crane to be able to do it. Not for just monitoring some batteries! Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 1:51 PM Steve Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: You know those powerline to ethernet extenders? Are they reliable and would there be any issue with them on a battery backup circuit? We us apc smartups, we have a couple grain elevators where all our gear it up top, this will be more common as they mandate conduit at the sites. Instead of running everything down strapped to the site conduit we will have to put our own in. Thay length of run is no good for pvc and it runs us about 6k to put in 2 1-1/2 emt runs with breakouts. And that's only when theres room in the chase. So we are going to just move to a single dedicated 110v circuit run to the top with our generator cutover at the bottom. Batteries last longer at ground level where they're shaded in the summer and wind doesnt blow away all the heat in the winter so we are going to put the apc at the bottom and eat the power drop if there is much til we go to DC solutions. In the mean time we need to monitor the apcs. Many sites wont have wireless visibility between top and bottom so we need an alternative. As I understand it apc output is square not true sinewave, would that impact those ethernet over powerline extenders? These only connect at 10mb anyway so throughput and all that are irrelevant, though it will be kind of nice to have a data port below for troubleshooting. -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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