Forrest, do you offer a PDU unit?



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From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Forrest Christian (List 
Account) <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:31 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution
The PDU and other modules appear as separate ports.  See 
https://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-base-3-classic-edition/<https://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-base-3-classic-edition/>
 for an image of that page.

I think the limit is now 64 characters.

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 10:30 AM 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I've used the PDU at the bottom of the tower.  My only complaint at the time
was the character limit on port description.  I think it was 11 characters
or some such....I had to come up with some cryptic abbreviations when I
really wanted to say "Power to Telrad Compact 1000 - 270 azimuth".  I think
they were talking about fixing that in a future version of the base unit,
but I haven't used any packetflux lately so I don't know if that's still an
issue or not.  If you're powering 100W radios then you'd be limited to 3 per
PDU.  A fourth radio would put you over the 8A total.  That wasn't an issue
in my deployment, but if you're planning 4+ sectors per tower then that's
something to be aware of.  Next problem is wire gauge.  Anything bigger than
14ga is gonna have trouble squeezing into the connector on the packet flux
PDU.  Voltage drop on 48V /8A with 14ga is going to be pretty severe at
300ft, but if the tower is short then it's probably ok.  I was deploying on
70ft poles, and we ran 16ga up to each radio so it was acceptable, but
feeding the 8A input on the packetflux PDU on a taller site could be an
issue.

In any case I'd advise separate cables.  I know it seems wasteful, but you
can have any tower dude climb up there and put the green plug into the green
hole.  If you want the tower climber to strip and terminate DC cables then
you'd have to be careful who you send up there.  If you're dead set on a
single power run then something with built in breakers is a good idea.
Packetflux PDU would fit that bill.


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From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of 
Nate Burke
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 11:48 AM
To: Animal Farm <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

Mikrotik makes a nice outdoor fiber switch with a handfull of 10G ports.
Does anyone make something similar for DC Distribution?  Run a single power
cable up a tower and DC to multiple radios?  I'm thinking like 3 or 4
licensed radios each needing 2 wire DC input and 10G fiber.
Rather than running individual power wires for each one.  I've used a UBNT
Edgepoint S16, taking the 56v POE Output ports, and running them through the
MCT GIGE-POE to extract 2wire power to run to the radio.
But that's extra pieces needing a place to be mounted.

Would the Site Monitor 5 channel PDU fit the bill?  IT says 3A per channel,
and 8A total.  So in theory that should be able to provide about 140w per
radio.  Could put it in some sort of NEMA with a DIN mount.  The Sitemonitor
base is hardened, would the PDU be as well?

Are there other options?

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