Of course.  You'll also be able to monitor both at the same time.

Conversely an RB750 will only report the highest of the two voltages.


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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can you mix 24 and 48 volts on the same unit?
>
> *From:* Josh Luthman
> *Sent:* Monday, March 20, 2017 10:58 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor question - different voltages
>
> Base1 has been gone for like 3-4 years or something...there's no way Paul
> would get one these days.
>
>
> Josh Luthman
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> Troy, OH 45373
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> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:03 AM, George Skorup <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Be careful connecting +48VDC to a SiteMonitor. Verify it's a Base-II
>> first. The old Base-I's are limited to 30 or 32VDC on both inputs.
>>
>> I typically connect the pwr1 input to my main rail, usually 24-28VDC so
>> it's safe for Base-I's or Base-II's. I've been recycling a lot of old
>> Base-I's from site rebuilds the last year or so. Pwr2 gets the wall brick
>> for utility monitoring. I try to dig out old SyncPipe power supplies if I
>> can find them because they're linear. We're at many towers with crappy
>> power, or those 3-phase sites that lose a phase and we end up with <100VAC
>> and our UPS transfers to battery. Most switching bricks will operate down
>> to 80-85VAC. Has happened more times that I can remember. Site goes down
>> because the batteries ran down, yet we never got a utility power alarm. The
>> linear brick lets you see the voltage situation. Problem is, they're
>> getting pretty hard to find now.
>>
>> On 3/20/2017 7:51 AM, Josh Baird wrote:
>>
>> Yes - it can accept multiple voltages on PWR1 and PWR2.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Can the sitemonitor have two different voltages on the 2 inputs that it
>>> monitors / powers from?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have a lot of them setup in the field with a 110vac โ€“ 24v wall wart
>>> to monitor commercial power.  And, the 2nd input is off the 24v battery
>>> array. Batteries are all 48v now, so wondering if I need to buy a bunch of
>>> similar 48v wall warts or whether the SiteMonitor can deal with the 2
>>> different voltages and I donโ€™t need to buy anything ๐Ÿ˜Š
>>>
>>>
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