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 > > work: 435-773-6071 > email: [email protected] > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/randycosby > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
