I'll take that APC off your hands, free of charge. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Faisal Imtiaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I would agree, it is very easy to go overboard and over engineer to the > n'th > degree, however if you do that you will find that you would be introducing > more elements which would cause a negative effect. > > E.g. Heat and power consumption... > > Coming for the wired world, where only now folks have started to pay > attention to power comsumption and heat generation as being a bad thing.. I > consistently amazed to see some very 'powerful' wireless equipment working > with a 'wall wart'... It takes a bit for it to sync in....due to the low > power consumption that is all what is needed.. > > > Moral of the story: Very easy to get carried away and over engineer, but > doing it within reasonable limits is the right thing to do. > > ... Just me two cents.. > > BTW: I have one of the APC redundant power switches, purchased it, thinking > it would be a good thing to use... But never put it to use... Don't need it > in a Data center ! > > -:) > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Computer Office Solutions Inc. /SnappyDSL.net > Ph: (305) 663-5518 x 232 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:42 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Power Supply, how to? > > Not necessarily - your goal is to keep it powered 100% of the time. What > part seems to go bad for you most of the time? The power supply, PoE, DC > jack, power company/UPS unit? > > If the power supply on the board goes bad you're SOL, sorry. You'll have > to > find another product. > > If the PoE or DC jack goes back, you need to get both of them powered. > > If you have the power company and UPS go bad find a second source of power > (generator?). > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > --- Henry Spencer > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Gino Villarini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Yeah, but the whole idea is to have every device with dual inputs.... > > > > Gino A. Villarini > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > > tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:20 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WISPA General List' > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Power Supply, how to? > > > > > > Just a quick follow up. > > > > A quick search of the internet shows up a lot of devices. > > (APC makes a few different types). > > These are either called Dual AC Automatic Transfer Switch. > > Or depending on your voltage needs, you could modify an Dual AC power > > supply module for Computer Or find a AC to DC rack mount powersupplies > > used in Telco's . > > They are typically modular but big and heavy. > > > > Many options. > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > ----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:02 AM > > To: 'WISPA General List' > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Power Supply, how to? > > > > Depending on how your sites are designed, APC makes a Dual Feed AC > > swtich for this purpose. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Gino Villarini > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:30 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Power Supply, how to? > > > > We have a reason for this, we design our sites with dual power work > > ease of work ...Side A and Side B. Side A is connected to the UPS > > Plant, Side B to Utility. In Case Of UPS failure, we are not out. > > > > > > > > Gino A. Villarini > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > > tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Blair Davis > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:44 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Power Supply, how to? > > > > > > > > Yes, you could do this.... > > > > You will need to pick the right diode for the job. > > > > But what brings this on? > > > > I've had almost no PS failures that were not part of some major damage. > > (lightning, power co. problem... 480V on 110V line) > > > > If you are having many PS failures, you might look at the load vs the PS > > rating. Don't forget the radio cards... > > > > > > > > CHUCK PROFITO wrote: > > > > OK guys, don't LOL, I'm just a farm boy, but... > > Why couldn't you put two power supplies together into one plug, then if > > one > > failed the other would do full duty. Would a diode inline on both stop a > > possible transformer shorting the other out or draining the power from > > the > > good one? > > Can that work? > > > > Chuck Profito > > 209-988-7388 > > CV-ACCESS, INC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Providing High Speed Broadband > > to Rural Central California > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of RickG > > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:26 PM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Power Supply, how to? > > > > Why not use two power supplies, one on the dc jack and the other on the > > poe > > connection? -RickG > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Gino Villarini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello all > > > > Im looking for a way to add redundant power to my mikrotik > > routers > > at > > the towers, The routers have a DC jack, so im looking for > > options.. > > > > Anything available? 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