Yes, both in the DIN rail/sitemonitor form factor (1 8AMP input, 5 3A max outputs), and the Rackinjector form factor (any of the 4 cards positions can be populated with a PDU card, which means the rackinjector can have 0 to 16 PDU ports).
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 6:33 AM Gino A. Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote: > Forrest, do you offer a PDU unit? > > > > > > > <https://aeronetpr.com> *Gino Villarini* > Founder / President > @GVillarini > 787.273.4143 | > <https://www.inc.com/profile/aeronet> <https://www.facebook.com/aeronetpr> > <https://www.instagram.com/aeronetpr/> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeronet-broadband-corp> > <https://twitter.com/aeronetpr> <https://www.youtube.com/user/AeroNetPR> > <https://wa.me/17872734143> <https://wa.me/17872734144> > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 > <https://homefi.pr> <https://homefi.pr> <https://homefi.pr> > <https://homefi.pr> > <https://homefi.pr> > > *From: *AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Forrest Christian (List > Account) <li...@packetflux.com> > *Date: *Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:31 AM > *To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *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/ for an > image of that page. > > > > I think the limit is now 64 characters. > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 10:30 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> 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. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 11:48 AM > To: Animal Farm <af@af.afmug.com> > 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? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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