Very easy to make a fuse board that plugs into APC. I am looking at what it would take to add fusing to the surge protector.
Not a lot of room there. I would probably have to mount the components on the back side and do a double pass through SMT placement and reflow. It might have enough clearance for the jacks on one board to not scrape off the fuses on the next board. Hmmmmm two good choices. Which to do first.... From: Carl Peterson Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 3:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: POE Port Protection "Is there enough space to add some header pins to do a mezzanine/riser card kind of thing like how an Arduino does? If someone doesn't want fuses they can jumper the pins, otherwise add fuse board." I like this thinking. I can't see us hanging a cat5 fuse on every cable but would LOVE to go back to having a rack or surge suppressor cards but WITH fuses. On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: In line, so the cheap thing can blow and you don’t have to replace a more expensive thing. Plus not all folks will want fusing so it would drive up the cost of a surge suppressor if I added fusing. Poly switches are the problem. That POE switch actually protects all the ports with a polyswitch. But they are very slow to blow. They are there for fire code reasons, not port protection. If there was a fast blow polyswitch this problem would not exist. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 3:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] POE Port Protection I've got dumb questions: Do you picture this going in-line with a surge protector or replacing a surge protector? Have you considered a resettable fuse (aka polyswitch)? Nobody has to truck roll if it cools off and resets in a few seconds. Thanks, Adam ------ Original Message ------ From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: 4/24/2017 4:35:37 PM Subject: [AFMUG] POE Port Protection It is done. Not in production but beta units are available. https://youtu.be/N9JRBaQSTv4 -- Carl Peterson PORT NETWORKS 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
