We have them all over the place... I've never had a problem with one yet. On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oops...nevermind. Looks like they are still on there. They were great > for powering Chuck's GIGE-POE-APC injectors, if only they were more > reliable. Perhaps he has worked out the bugs by now, as ours were > purchased years ago when the product was first released. > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-5-channel-power-dist >> ribution-unit/ >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: 7/3/2017 9:09:44 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New AF5X using less power than older board revisions? >> >> George, >> >> What is a packetflux 5ch PDU? I can't find anything on their site except >> 4 and 8 port injectors. >> >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:22 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I have some PacketFlux 5Ch PDUs. I've found the current measurements to >>> be fairly accurate. One has an AF24 on it and measures 1020mA, so 49 watts. >>> Others with Exalt ExtendAir G2-11's measuring 490-520mA, so 24-25 watts. >>> And a pair of SAF Lumina 6GHz HP radios both about 825mA = 39.6 watts while >>> the radios themselves say about 870mA and 40.4 watts, so.. close enough. >>> All of these are fed from the regulated output Traco BCMU360's in 48V mode. >>> I love the 5Ch PDUs + GigE-POE-APCs for +48 backhauls. No fuses to worry >>> about. And slightly higher power than a typical POE injector will handle. >>> >>> On 6/30/2017 5:36 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: >>> >>> Well, I've always measured them from the DC side, so I could see them >>> going drawing that much from the wall. >>> >>> Kind of interesting, I was just checking some of ours... I have one >>> site, where there are two AF-5x plugged being powered from a MikroTik hEX >>> PoE, so they both have the exact same power source, similar cable lengths, >>> etc. and one is showing 8.1 watts and the other is 10.5 watts. The >>> interesting thing, is that the one that's drawing more power actually has >>> less load going through it, and judging from the MAC address, is also >>> slightly newer. I don't know how accurate those MikroTiks are at measuring >>> current (wouldn't surprise me if they're far from accurate), but I would >>> expect them to at least be kinda consistent. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 <%2B49%20941%20942798-0> Fax: +49 941 >>>>>> 942798-9 <%2B49%20941%20942798-9> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
