How much are you paying for the Traco and how long does it last? On 5/20/17, 4:44 PM, "Af on behalf of George Skorup" <af-boun...@afmug.com
Gino A. Villarini President Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 [cid:aeronet-logo_310cfc3e-6691-4f69-bd49-b37b834b9238.png] on behalf of george.sko...@cbcast.com> wrote: >Mean Well AD-155B >or >Mean Well SDR-240-24 + DR-UPS40 >or >Mean Well SDR-240-24 (or 48) + Traco BCMU360 (jumper selectable for 24 >or 48) - I use this combo most often. The BCMU360 is only good for ~240W >continuous. > >All this stuff is fine until you start looking to deploy things that are >power hungry like 450m's @ 70W, LTE eNB's that pull 60-100W each, >multiple AF24s or licensed radios, etc. Then you need big-boy >rectifiers, which aren't all that expensive, but they aren't cheap >either. Add good telco-grade batteries on top and it's easily 10x the >cost of what we're used to with the smaller stuff. > >On 5/20/2017 1:16 PM, Matt wrote: >> What is everyone using for switching from AC to battery backup at sites? >> >> I normally have our other guy take care of that part. But we normally >> have a DIN mount 24V power supply, a DIN mount packetflux site monitor >> that monitors power supply output and battery voltage and some DIN >> mount module that does charging and switching between the two. Also >> have a 24V to 48V converter to power our 450i etc stuff. >> >> Monitor the site monitor with SNMP and start emailing alarms if power >> supply voltage drops. Also graph power supply and battery voltage >> with MRTG. >> >> Curious what others are using here? >
