I don't think the step-converter would have any effect on the RB433.
But I am curious about what your power calcs look like. We have solar sites running on 24V, where our minimum panel is 300 watts for 3 radios plus a router. Our total load is ~~ 25 watts continuous (> 10:1 ratio of panel:load). That ratio is considered somewhat low if you are in a midwestern location. Inland, or higher longitude might require a 15:1 ratio.
Do you have a switch or anything else at this site? What's the total load? bp On 11/23/2010 7:40 PM, Mike Lyon wrote:
Howdy, So we had a storm pass through last night and then my solar repeater died this morning. I don't see any water leakage but who knows if a droplet got in or not. Quick outline of the power system at this site: 1 12v / 130 watt solar panel 1 Kyocera SS10L charge controller 1 12v sealed battery It's been running a RB433 with two PCI cards in it successfully for about 2 years now. A week or so ago I added a UBNT Rocket M5 into the mix. But, instead of powering it with 12vdc, I purchased a Samlex 12vdc to 24vdc converter to power the rocket. I was still feeding the RB433 with the 12vdc from the charge controller and then I hooked in parallel with the RB433 power feed the Samlex step-up converter. All was running fine for about a week. Then my site goes offline today. The Rocket M5 is fine but the RB433 is DOA. I am wondering if maybe the step-up converter may have somehow fried the RB433? I can't wrap my head around though what may have caused it? Any ideas? Also, are there any test points or surface mount fuses on the RB433? Thanks for any ideas. -Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:<http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20101123/9267da57/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
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