On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 15:53 -0500, Brian Rohrbacher wrote:
Lets exaggerate here. I can plug a billion amps in and it will only draw what it wants, but if I go a volt or two over it fries. Chuckk wrote: > Over voltage will kill the radio or board current is only drawn as > needed. > > Chuckk > > Brian Rohrbacher wrote: > >> It's not actually mine. It's another's from the list. We were >> talking about it. But I am sure that on my 230 ft run of cat 5 that >> I had to replace an 18v 1a with an 18v 2a to get the radio to stop >> rebooting. The individual I was talking to thought if you up the >> amps it will kill the radio. I thought if you up the volts it kills >> the radio. Who is right? >> >> Well, actually I know what the cat 5 is. It's comscope 25 pair. >> Which brings up another question. Who does this? Run a single >> bundle of 25 pair up towers and use punch down blocks. Any issues >> with this? >> >> Brian >> >> Sean S gayle wrote: >> >>> Brian, >>> >>> I'm normally a lurker, but maybe your problem is in the 300' run >>> of CAT5. >>> What kind is it? You may be getting signal degradation which is >>> causing the >>> sporadic radio behavior. >>> >>> Sean >>> JohnnyO's evil twin >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On >>> Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher >>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 2:01 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [WISPA] OT amps and volts >>> >>> I'm a little confused here. I'm working on a 300 ft run of cat5 and >>> have a question. The radio is acting sparatic. The power supply >>> has already been upped from a 18v to a 24v. Both 1 amp. Will it >>> hurt to put a 24v 2 amp power supply in? If I "over do" on amps or >>> volts, what blows a radio. One or both? I seem to remember being >>> told that a radio only takes what amps it needs, so putting a higher >>> amp power supply in won't hurt, but if you put too many volts in, >>> that will fry them. Please clarify me on this. >>> >>> >>> >> -- Brian Rohrbacher Reliable Internet, LLC www.reliableinter.net Cell 269-838-8338 "Caught up in the Air" 1 Thess. 4:17
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