They are only rated for 155W. They are useful for MicroPops with 1-3AP's, a BH and a small router/switch.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > Yep, bought 2 of the AD-155c. Couldn’t even drive an UBNT S16, 4 ePMPs > and a single 320 series AP, on a 260ft. tower with 12 Gauge wire. > > > > Replacing tomorrow with Traco gear. > > > > Paul > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *George Skorup > *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 10:18 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 > > > > You mean the AD-155C? I have one sitting on my desk for a project. > > On 2/6/2017 8:06 PM, Josh Baird wrote: > > I wish there was a 48vdc version of the AD-155B. > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:23 PM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com> > wrote: > > The BCMU360 is decent for small to medium sized sites. And it's jumper > selectable between 24 and 48 volts. There's an internal DC-DC converter to > take the 12VDC battery up to your selected output. The charging is limited > to 12W. I have a few with 30-40Ah of battery connected. Recharge time is > usually 12-14 hours. I had a 95W site running on the 37Ah for almost 5 > hours. It never went down. Again, read the fine print. It's limited to 240W > continuous and 360W for 3.5 minutes. If it's in a not so temperature > controlled cabinet, don't even try to put more than 200-225 watts of gear > on it. I have a few sites running a couple ApexPlus radios (75W a piece x > 2) and other misc stuff, 450APs and a couple ePMP PTPs. It's near the limit. > > The regular BCM is a different story. There doesn't appear to be any > charge current limiting. I'm fairly sure I killed a TSP360. I hooked up a > string of 20Ah batteries to a BCM48 and it was pulling 10-12 amps out of > the power supply. I could smell it starting to cook. I gave up on it. I do > only the BCMU360 and a Mean Well SDR-240-48 now. Really small cheap-o sites > get Mean Well AD-155's. > > For anything over 200 watts, do yourself a favor now and look at real > rectifier solutions from Alpha, Eltek, Emerson or the new ICT 1U shelf > which looks pretty good. That's where I'm going for the sites that need > more power and/or more run time. A good rectifier shelf will have no > problem with 100+ Ah of batteries and proper maintenance of them, like > equalization, etc. > > On 2/6/2017 3:53 PM, Josh Baird wrote: > > I was simply referring to the time necessary to actually charge the string > of batteries.. in your case, it doesn't sound like that is an issue (and > it's not in my environment most of the time either). I'm not sure if there > are other problems with using a large string like that on the BCM - but > maybe someone more knowledgeable like George or Ken can chime in? > > > > Josh > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting....we have BCM48A and TSP-600 with 4x100ah. > > > > We're not normally getting back to back power outages, so I don't really > care how long the charge time is. > > > > How are we pushing it other than the recharge time? If we're doing > something wrong I really do want to know. > > > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Josh Baird" <joshba...@gmail.com> > > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > > Sent: 2/6/2017 4:15:10 PM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 > > > > Yeah - I'm not sure the BCMU or BCM is the best solution for that large of > a battery string. If it did work (I guess it probably would), it would > likely take weeks to charge a string of 4x100Ah batteries. You may want to > take a look at Eltek/Emerson or the new ICT shelf that was recently > announced on this list. > > > > The largest string we have on the BCMU is 4x33Ah, and I have even been > told this is pushing it, especially with decent charge times. > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > > 48v. can be as much as 5 or 6 amps on some tower. 120 to 150ah > batteries (right now 2 of them, but was moving to 4) > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh Baird > *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 3:25 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 > > > > How large are your batteries? How large the load? > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > > Hey guys I am completely new to Traco, so am feeling my way through. It > seems like power supply itself is not relevant. But the BCM is. Someone > suggested using a TSP-BCM24 or TSP-BCM48 instead if I already have 2 or > 4 batteries in place, > > > > What say you? > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *George Skorup > *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 3:08 PM > > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 > > > > Not sure about the HRP. I've had SDR's running for years now. > > On 2/6/2017 2:01 PM, Paul McCall wrote: > > The meanwell is really a good alternative to this? Just as good? > > � > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 3:00 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 > > � > > Or Mean Well HRP series. > > � > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *George Skorup > *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 1:45 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good source to buy these TSP 360-148 > > � > > PSUI is who we order Traco stuff from. Do you need 360W? The Mean Well > SDR-240-48 is an alternative. That's what I'm using with the Traco > BCMU360's. If you read the fine print, it's worthless to put 360W behind > the BCMU. They're rated 240W continuous and 360W for 3.5 minutes. And the > SDR-240 is ~$70 vs ~$270 for the TSP360. > > If you really need it, there's the SDR-480-48, which is only 1/2 the price > of a TSP360. > > On 2/6/2017 1:28 PM, Paul McCall wrote: > > Been buying them from one source and they are out of stock.� Need to get > a few on the road today if possible > > � > > TSP 360-148 > > � > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800� > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > � > > � > > � > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
