Get a matching jumper and connect just like u would with a mikrotik in a box. It's probably a din connector. On Nov 10, 2014 9:34 AM, "Ken Hohhof via Af" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you have a picture of this “fat N” connector? You’re sure this is > coax and not flexible waveguide, right? Or air cable? > > *From:* Josh Luthman via Af <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2014 10:47 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New site DC power help > > Any ideas how to go from the fat N connector to a rectifier? =) > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Paul Conlin via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Neutral is AC’s roughly equivalent to DC’s negative. >> >> >> >> FWIW I’d run DC up the coax to keep more of the equipment more accessible >> at the bottom. You have more than one coax so you can run another voltage >> on another one, if needed. >> >> >> >> PC >> >> Blaze Broadband >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman via >> Af >> *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2014 11:38 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New site DC power help >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> > >
