Well I was thinking...

AC -> battery charger -> 24v batteries -> coax up the building

coax -> 24v regulator -> PacketFlux

What is the neutral bar?


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Chuck McCown via Af <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Why DC?  Why not just tie the center conductor to a circuit breaker and
> make sure the shield is tied to the neutral bar.  Then you have all kinds
> of options up there.
>
>  *From:* Josh Luthman via Af <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2014 9:20 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] New site DC power help
>
>  I am getting onto a new site that is a building.  The owner has given me
> free permission to use anything I want that Sprint left.  That's the nice
> building as well as 6 heavy duty >1" thick coax runs from the base to the
> top of the tower.
>
> What I would like to do is run DC on one of these.  They have connectors
> that look twice as big as N connectors.  How can I go from this connector
> to a DC power supply?  What about at the top from the coax to a regulator?
>
> Am I correct in assuming the center pin would be hot and the
> outside/threading be neutral?
>
> Would 24vdc be OK for this?  Or would 48vdc be better?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!  I'd like to avoid running 10 feet of wire
> and soldering if at all possible.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>

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