Yup, definitely close, but when the radios are doing 3-5 watts it's kind of
hard to measure (ie from 3 watts on the meter could be 2600-3400 mw).
 That's why I'd tack on a couple of watts when doing the math for batteries
(or panels).


Josh Luthman
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Randy Cosby <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Or in other words (maybe?) some devices are more efficient - use less
> watts - at different voltages.
>
> But from what I have seen, generally V x a = W is a going to be pretty
> close.
>
>
>
>
> On 9/25/2013 6:40 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>
> http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/SADE-5TNQYF/SADE-5TNQYF_R1_EN.pdf
>
>
>
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
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> *From: *"Chris Hudson" <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
> *To: *"WISPA General List" <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:17:19 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] ToughSwitch Question
>
> Watts are the same regardless the voltage. Volts x amps = watts.
>
>  Chris
>
>
>  Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® II, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Josh Luthman <[email protected]><[email protected]>
> Date: 09/24/2013 6:06 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] ToughSwitch Question
>
>
> Uhm...sure?
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Sep 24, 2013 6:59 PM, "~NGL~" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Do you mean 6 watts at 24 volts?
>> NGL
>>
>>  *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 3:55 PM
>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] ToughSwitch Question
>>
>>  4 watts min but use 6 for your budget.
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>> On Sep 24, 2013 6:50 PM, "~NGL~" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>  Example:
>>> If I had 4 Bullet M2s which draw 7 Watts each I would be drawing 28
>>> watts total for the bullets. How much more wattage should I allow for the
>>> TS5?
>>> Thanx
>>> NGL
>>>
>>>  *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 2:30 PM
>>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] ToughSwitch Question
>>>
>>>  Connection?  I think it'd have to be passing traffic.  There is only
>>> one processor for wifi and cpu - it's already ticking upon power and
>>> association would be negligible.
>>>
>>>  From my tests on DC (from batteries) association had no relevance.
>>>
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Clay Stewart <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would think the radio will have to have a connection to use full amps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Josh Luthman <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  So funny story - my original ToughSwitch died sometime between
>>>>> Friday and today.  This came from Ubnt themselves in Vegas last year (it
>>>>> almost made it a year).
>>>>>
>>>>>  So I took the new one in the box and put it in.  I did all of the
>>>>> measurements on the AC side because I have a cord that enables me to 
>>>>> easily
>>>>> do this.  To measure the DC side, I'd have to cut open the wiring and I'd
>>>>> probably throw it away afterwards.
>>>>>
>>>>>  121.4 to 122.2 vac
>>>>> default (powered on, logged into it) 0.05 amp
>>>>> enabled all 5 poe ports (24v) no change
>>>>> put on old ns2 got .07 amps
>>>>> put on ns5m got .09 amps
>>>>>
>>>>>  Now I'm not very confident in saying a Ubnt radio is only 2.5 watts
>>>>> (122vac * 0.02amps), but at idle I can't say that's impossible.  It
>>>>> definitely went up another 0.01 amps while booting, but lost it when it 
>>>>> was
>>>>> fully booted.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:03 PM, ~NGL~ <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  4 ports will be POE, 1 will be a switch
>>>>>> NGL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *From:* Randy Cosby <[email protected]>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:45 PM
>>>>>>  *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] ToughSwitch Question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Better also plan on how many ports will have POE turned on -- even
>>>>>> if you don't have load on them yet to measure against.  Turning the 
>>>>>> relays
>>>>>> "on" takes more power.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/24/2013 1:32 PM, ~NGL~ wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanx, I really need to know.
>>>>>> NGL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:06 AM
>>>>>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] ToughSwitch Question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  If you can't get the answer let me know, I have an amp meter and a
>>>>>> NIB ToughSwitch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Clay Stewart <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> DO not know off hand, but what I do is use an APC UPS unit with LED
>>>>>>> power wattage info, plug in the item I want to know the true wattage and
>>>>>>> these guys will give it too you. More accurate then a spec sheet ;')
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:18 PM, ~NGL~ <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Anyone know the wattage a ToughSwitch 5 port uses when powered
>>>>>>>> directly by a 24 volt battery system. I need to be sure I have enough 
>>>>>>>> solar
>>>>>>>>  to keep tha system up
>>>>>>>> Thanx
>>>>>>>>  NGL
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