Hi, > On 6 Apr 2025, at 20:55, Mike Hammett via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to find something that keeps my customer's network gear online for > a meaningful amount of time. The challenge is that an ONT, firewall, switch, > AP, and some IP phones doesn't add up to be very much load. Most normal UPSes > get terribly inefficient at lower load ratings. Add up all of the network > devices a customer may have and we rarely break 50 watts of load. Normal, > small UPSes are lucky to break 50% efficiency at those loads whereas they may > be 95% efficient at say 100 or 200 watts. Get a bigger unit with a bigger > battery and now you're even less efficient. Get a big enough unit to have > extendable batteries and now you're spending thousands of dollars for such a > small request. > > I've gone asking, but haven't really gotten anywhere. The best technical > solution was from some electronics parts nerds that was basically to build my > own small rectifier and battery system. Great. I can achieve high > efficiencies with small loads, letting me have say 4 or 8 hours of battery. > However, I've got a science project, not something I can deploy at a customer. > > I'm hoping one of you has the magic bullet in what product a service provider > should use in this scenario. > > Oh, and of course, being able to centrally manage them from my own iron would > be great too. :-)
For places which are not proper IT cabinets, I’d go with something like https://us.ecoflow.com/ - most (if not all) support charging while output is on, and you get the extra benefit of being able to add a solar panel if you want to. Not sure about the efficiency though. BR, ic _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HSXYBNXQYRSDQXQSXEOAEC2VJQRISP2E/
