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 >
