Good idea!   :) 

Dennis Burgess
Mikrotik Certified Consultant / Trainer
www.linktechs.net
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Blair Davis wrote:
> 2 reasons....
>
> I've made it a point to make all my tower equipment use the same power 
> to eliminate the need to keep different spares on hand.  At one time I 
> had lots of different types of power supplies for different things. 
>
> And it is much harder to kill equipment by accident if they all use 
> the same power.
>
> one last thing...  I've never had problems with voltage drop on a 48V 
> system... no matter if the cable run is 50ft or 300ft.  I remember 
> having to pick the power supply vs the cable length before.  This, to 
> me, is a step backwards.
>
> I no longer replace just the board.  I have a standard build of board, 
> enclosure,static protection and so on...  we just undo the u-bolts, 
> disconnect the LMR and ethernet and swap.  We never open the 
> weatherproof enclosure in the air any more.
>
>  
> Travis Johnson wrote:
>> You have to replace the board (which means a tower visit) so why not 
>> just replace the PoE at the same time?
>>
>> Travis
>> Microserv
>>
>> Blair Davis wrote:
>>> My problems with the replacements is the power supply.
>>>
>>> I use only 48V POE for my towers... and most of the new gear is not 48V.
>>>
>>> So now I'm looking for small 48V to 24V DC-DC converters...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dennis Burgess - Link Techs wrote:
>>>> 3x is what is out.  The 133 and 133c's are EOL, as are the 532s, 150s 
>>>> and for most part the entire 100 series boards.  Figure you will have to 
>>>> start using 400s, 300, and 600s.
>>>>
>>>> We do have new cases, nice hinged enclousers and build to spec our 
>>>> routerboard series. These will fit the 333's without issues.  We are 
>>>> just getting ready to put up a dual-pol n-stream link with 600s, think 2 
>>>> foot on one side and 3 foot dish on the other.   
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure we will post the information on our MT list...
>>>>
>>>> Scott Reed wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>> I understand you don't want v3, but I have been moving to RB333s with 
>>>>> 3.x and have had no issues at all.  They boot faster and support more 
>>>>> radios.  RB600 uses same mounting holes and daughter cards.  I have one 
>>>>> 600 ready to install, but have none in production, yet.
>>>>> I put up a POP with 3 333s on 3RC9 and they are still running on RC12.  
>>>>> I should get them up to 3.6 or 3.7, but that takes time.  I have a 330 
>>>>> running 3.3 that is doing great as well.  I have everything from a RB230 
>>>>> running 2.8.x to 532s running all sorts of 2.9 along with the 330s.
>>>>> At this point I think you are going to have to bite the bullet and start 
>>>>> moving to 3.x and the newer cards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark McElvy wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>> Since RB532s are no longer available, what is everyone using to replace
>>>>>> them? It would be nice not to have to replace the box again (using the
>>>>>> 7x6x2's from wisp-router) and I am not quite ready to run v3 on my
>>>>>> network. Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark McElvy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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