We have used the 12v laptop power supplies from radio shack in the past.  I
am not sure they carry them anymore.  But they have worked well for us when
equipment needs a set voltage < 20v on a solar site. 

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:57 AM
> To: 'WISPA General List'
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Voltage regulator
> 
> I use the solar converters unit that converts 24v to 12v and that seems
> to
> work good.
> 
> Kurt Fankhauser
> WAVELINC
> P.O. Box 126
> Bucyrus, OH 44820
> 419-562-6405
> www.wavelinc.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Randy Cosby
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:01 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [WISPA] Voltage regulator
> 
> It's been mentioned before that some Mikrotik Routerboards will go into
> over-voltage protection mode around 28 volts, making life difficult on
> solar systems that may go over 28V when doing a battery equalization.
> Has anyone had any experience with a voltage regulator that will keep
> the voltage fairly constant (say at 24V) with a varying input (say 18-
> 30
> volts) to take care of such a problem?   Solarconverters make a
> "flyback" unit, the FB24-1 that will output a constant 24v, but the
> input range is a little too narrow for my liking, 22v - 30v.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> --
> Randy Cosby
> Vice President
> InfoWest, Inc
> 
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