I really thought I remembered seeing an AF5X about eighteen months ago, drawing 16-17W from the wall, but I could be wrong or the watt meter that it was plugged into was grossly inaccurate. This newer model of kill-a-watt seems to be better.
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I think that's pretty consistent with what the AF-5X radios have > always used. The AF5 (not X) and AF24 do use a lot more power. > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes. All my AF5X use ~10W. UBNT AC use 6W and older MT 11n use 3-4W. SAF >> is 30-35. PTP600 is 50. >> >> >> On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:04:44 +0000 >> Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think you are thinking of the AF24 which cranks 50W all the time. >>> >>> Rory >>> >>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke >>> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 6:43 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [AFMUG] New AF5X using less power than older board revisions? >>> >>> Provisioning a new AF5X link here on their AC PoE injectors before they >>> go out to the field. Something interesting I've noticed, and maybe I'm not >>> remembering right, but it seems that the newer AF5X use less power than the >>> older ones. >>> >>> This unit with its ubnt default PoE injector plugged into a kill-a-watt >>> is measuring 11 watts. There's no traffic going through it, but as I recall >>> an AF5X uses pretty much the same amount whether or not it's under load, >>> since the AF architecture is constantly sending/receiving frames whether or >>> not they have an ethernet data payload. >>> >>> >>> >> ----- GENIAS INTERNET -- www.genias.net ------ >> Genias Internet >> Stefan Englhardt Email: [email protected] >> Dr. Gesslerstr. 20 D-93051 Regensburg >> Tel: +49 941 942798-0 Fax: +49 941 942798-9 >> > >
