Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread George Skorup
ilto:af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall *Sent:* Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:35 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM Actually, the BCMU is the model that ta

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mathew Howard
t needs 24v or 48v batteries). > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > >> Yet, the BCM-148 says adjustable Output up to 54v. Unless you are on >> battery. Silly >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.co

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread George Skorup
  Unless you are on battery.  Silly *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall *Sent:* Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:35 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM Actually, the BCMU

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mathew Howard
5 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM > > > > Actually, the BCMU is the model that takes 12v in and upconverts it to > 48V. It charges the battery array (in parallel) to about 13v per batter. > So, why in the world they would design a device that would up

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mathew Howard
whole stack of these > things. > > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: 1/30/2018 1:35:10 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM > > Actually, the BCMU is the model t

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mike Hammett
...@gmail.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:36:47 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM If you guys are right about the BCMU, I can tell you for a fact that the BCM48A puts battery voltage on the load. I have a whole stack of these things. -- Original Message ---

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mathew Howard
48V at a higher wattage than Meanwell's >> 48V options, and Traco was suggested. I don't think I'd go there again. >> >> >> -- Original Message -- >> From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> >> To: "af@afmug.com" <af

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Paul McCall
Yet, the BCM-148 says adjustable Output up to 54v. Unless you are on battery. Silly From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:35 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM Actually, the BCMU is the model that takes 12v

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Adam Moffett
nt: 1/30/2018 1:35:10 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM Actually, the BCMU is the model that takes 12v in and upconverts it to 48V. It charges the battery array (in parallel) to about 13v per batter. So, why in the world they would design a device that would upconvert that to anything less than

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Paul McCall
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:25 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM When running on battery, the load gets battery voltage. The load being on battery (or charger) voltage seems to be the normal behavior for these types of systems, so you'd have to really hunt for something

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Adam Moffett
<af@afmug.com> Sent: 1/30/2018 1:30:53 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM No, it can't get battery voltage... the BCMU360 uses a 12v battery - it has to be upconverting to 44v, and if that's the case, why 44v instead of 48v? I was just looking at an ePMP 2000 AP I have sitting here, a

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mathew Howard
thing, but > they units won't turn on that way. > > At the time I needed something 48V at a higher wattage than Meanwell's 48V > options, and Traco was suggested. I don't think I'd go there again. > > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Adam Moffett
hink I'd go there again. -- Original Message -- From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> Sent: 1/30/2018 12:59:12 PM Subject: [AFMUG] Traco BCM Am I missing something or are the Traco BCM series not very usable in the re

Re: [AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Mathew Howard
I haven't ever used one, but that certainly does seem like a problem to me. It'll probably run most stuff fine at that voltage, but considering PoE voltage drop, that's cutting it way to close for my liking. I've considered using these, but I never looked at the specs that close before. On Tue,

[AFMUG] Traco BCM

2018-01-30 Thread Paul McCall
Am I missing something or are the Traco BCM series not very usable in the real world? Meaning, the BCMU360 can only put out 45v (for a couple minutes, then 44v and change), when running on the battery. Not very usable with some gear that requires about 46v to work properly. Add in voltage