It's expensive compared to your $20 Meanwell. It's cheap compared to problems, downtime, etc.
Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 6:49 PM Mark Frost <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know what they consider 'affordable'? :) > > I recall looking at their gear a while back. Seemed nice, but came with a > hefty price tag. > > Cheers, > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband > Sent: Friday, 2 July 2021 06:42 > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower UPS's (again) > > > https://www.ict-power.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Affordable-DC-Power-for > -Wireless-Broadband-Networks_JAN-2020.pdf > <https://www.ict-power.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Affordable-DC-Power-for-Wireless-Broadband-Networks_JAN-2020.pdf> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nate Burke > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 9:58 AM > To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> > Subject: [AFMUG] Tower UPS's (again) > > We've been using the APC SmartUPS 750XL as a Tower UPS for several years. > Put 2-8 100+AH AGM Batteries on them, and they've been rock solid for us. > I can think of only a handful of failures in the dozens deployed over the > last several years. I used to source them off ebay for $50-$70 each, but > they're becoming more and more scarce. Anybody have a recommendation for a > simple UPS that will do all the monitoring that the APC does and accept big > batteries? > > We're a Metro-Rural Area, our power outages are usually measured in Hours, > not days. So I'm not as concerned with the inefficiency of doing the > DC/AC/DC Conversion for Runtime, just power stability during > outages/fluctuations. I like the ease of connecting the external > batteries to the APC, since the XL line has an Anderson plug on the back > for them, and has a larger charger than the normal UPS, so recharge times > are very quick. > > When the boss goes to the WISPA Shows, his head is filled with all kids of > ideas, so he want's me to investigate doing everything as a DC Plant, When > I price that out, with chargers, voltage converters (24/48), inverters, > fuse protection, LVD, Monitoring, etc, it always seems like the price is a > couple hundred dollars of parts and it would be cobbled together. > > Am I missing something with doing a DC Plant? I see the telco's at the > sites using a rackmount rectifier with power supply modules, but those are > a several hundred by themselves, and they are only 48V, they don't have to > worry about 24v radios. When I build a site now, I drop in 2 batteries, > and the APC, and the site is up and running in a couple minutes. A DIN > rail with a couple power supplies and the box is done, and has fully > monitored power, and I can plug in whatever I want without any equipment > modifications. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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