That would be the one. Thanks! On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:18 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote:
> You mean the AD-155C? I have one sitting on my desk for a project. > > On 2/6/2017 8:06 PM, Josh Baird wrote: > > I wish there was a 48vdc version of the AD-155B. > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:23 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The BCMU360 is decent for small to medium sized sites. And it's jumper >> selectable between 24 and 48 volts. There's an internal DC-DC converter to >> take the 12VDC battery up to your selected output. The charging is limited >> to 12W. I have a few with 30-40Ah of battery connected. Recharge time is >> usually 12-14 hours. I had a 95W site running on the 37Ah for almost 5 >> hours. It never went down. Again, read the fine print. It's limited to 240W >> continuous and 360W for 3.5 minutes. If it's in a not so temperature >> controlled cabinet, don't even try to put more than 200-225 watts of gear >> on it. I have a few sites running a couple ApexPlus radios (75W a piece x >> 2) and other misc stuff, 450APs and a couple ePMP PTPs. It's near the limit. >> >> The regular BCM is a different story. There doesn't appear to be any >> charge current limiting. I'm fairly sure I killed a TSP360. I hooked up a >> string of 20Ah batteries to a BCM48 and it was pulling 10-12 amps out of >> the power supply. I could smell it starting to cook. I gave up on it. I do >> only the BCMU360 and a Mean Well SDR-240-48 now. Really small cheap-o sites >> get Mean Well AD-155's. >> >> For anything over 200 watts, do yourself a favor now and look at real >> rectifier solutions from Alpha, Eltek, Emerson or the new ICT 1U shelf >> which looks pretty good. That's where I'm going for the sites that need >> more power and/or more run time. A good rectifier shelf will have no >> problem with 100+ Ah of batteries and proper maintenance of them, like >> equalization, etc. >> >> On 2/6/2017 3:53 PM, Josh Baird wrote: >> >> I was simply referring to the time necessary to actually charge the >> string of batteries.. in your case, it doesn't sound like that is an issue >> (and it's not in my environment most of the time either). I'm not sure if >> there are other problems with using a large string like that on the BCM - >> but maybe someone more knowledgeable like George or Ken can chime in? >> >> Josh >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Interesting....we have BCM48A and TSP-600 with 4x100ah. >>> >>> We're not normally getting back to back power outages, so I don't really >>> care how long the charge time is. >>> >>> How are we pushing it other than the recharge time? If we're doing >>> something wrong I really do want to know. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Josh Baird" <[email protected]> >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: 2/6/2017 4:15:10 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 >>> >>> >>> Yeah - I'm not sure the BCMU or BCM is the best solution for that large >>> of a battery string. If it did work (I guess it probably would), it would >>> likely take weeks to charge a string of 4x100Ah batteries. You may want to >>> take a look at Eltek/Emerson or the new ICT shelf that was recently >>> announced on this list. >>> >>> The largest string we have on the BCMU is 4x33Ah, and I have even been >>> told this is pushing it, especially with decent charge times. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 48v. can be as much as 5 or 6 amps on some tower. 120 to 150ah >>>> batteries (right now 2 of them, but was moving to 4) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Baird >>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 3:25 PM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> How large are your batteries? How large the load? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey guys I am completely new to Traco, so am feeling my way through. >>>> It seems like power supply itself is not relevant. But the BCM is. >>>> Someone suggested using a TSP-BCM24 or TSP-BCM48 instead if I already >>>> have 2 or 4 batteries in place, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> What say you? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *George Skorup >>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 3:08 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Not sure about the HRP. I've had SDR's running for years now. >>>> >>>> On 2/6/2017 2:01 PM, Paul McCall wrote: >>>> >>>> The meanwell is really a good alternative to this? Just as good? >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >>>> Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof >>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 3:00 PM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> Or Mean Well HRP series. >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >>>> Behalf Of *George Skorup >>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 1:45 PM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> PSUI is who we order Traco stuff from. Do you need 360W? The Mean Well >>>> SDR-240-48 is an alternative. That's what I'm using with the Traco >>>> BCMU360's. If you read the fine print, it's worthless to put 360W behind >>>> the BCMU. They're rated 240W continuous and 360W for 3.5 minutes. And the >>>> SDR-240 is ~$70 vs ~$270 for the TSP360. >>>> >>>> If you really need it, there's the SDR-480-48, which is only 1/2 the >>>> price of a TSP360. >>>> >>>> On 2/6/2017 1:28 PM, Paul McCall wrote: >>>> >>>> Been buying them from one source and they are out of stock.� Need to >>>> get a few on the road today if possible >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> TSP 360-148 >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> Paul McCall, President >>>> >>>> PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. >>>> >>>> 658 Old Dixie Highway >>>> >>>> Vero Beach, FL 32962 >>>> >>>> 772-564-6800� >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> www.pdmnet.com >>>> >>>> www.floridabroadband.com >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> � >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
