At 08:29 PM 6/7/2005, Mathew Quaife wrote:
>Hi Doug, you might be right on the drop, I was taking it from memory
>as it was nearly 4 months ago that I had them hooked up. As for as
>amps, the repeater keyed up draws right about 22 amps according to
>the meter on the astron. I have never put another meter
>inline. And yes, I want to be able to use the batteries and keep
>them from killing the power supply if they should ever backfeed. We
>lost the repeater the other night when a storm came throught and
>wipe out the commercial power, was out for nearly 8 hours.
So float them across the bus, and be happy!
No switching, no worries.
You do want a supply that is rated at or very close to the repeater
draw, so that long term operation dosen't pull the batteries down,
but that's not a problem. Just dial up the appropriate float voltage
for your batteries.
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