I hear your frustration but I would not be yelling at MT. If I bought a regulated power supply that didn't deliver the set voltage I would be all over that manufacturer. Your RouterBoard worked to specification and the power supply didn't. Who is at fault? Really surprises me that it is a Meanwell unit that did that. I have had great success with the AD155 units. They are AC-DC, with built in battery charger.
Now I do agree it would be nice if the overvoltage detection would turn the unit back on after an overvoltage condiditon. Based on the wide input range the RBs accept, I doubt that it is an easy engineering change to raise the overvoltage limit. What I really liked were the boards that gave an input option, 12-24 and 24-48 which actually had some overlap. Made power supply selection much easier. Randy Cosby wrote: > http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=36191&start=0 > > I'm pulling my hair out and wasting all kinds of money on voltage > regulators to make sure my solar and dc-powered sites don't cause > mikrotik routerboards to go into over-voltage protection when the > batteries get charged over 28v. > > I'm begging (and asking for you to join me) Mikrotik to: > > 1. Upgrade the over-voltage protection to 30v or higher on 24 volt products. > 2. Never EVER make another routerboard that runs has over-voltage > protection at 28v > 3. Change the over-voltage behavior to cause the device to reboot when > the voltage drops to acceptable levels, instead of requiring a > power-cycle to bring it back to life. > > Will you join me on this and let Mikrotik, your distributor, etc. know > your thoughts on this? This is not a new problem, it has been discussed > repeatedly on the lists and forums. > > Thanks! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.36/2465 - Release Date: 10/28/09 > 09:34:00 > > -- Scott Reed Sr. Systems Engineer GAB Midwest 1-800-363-1544 x4000 Cell: 260-273-7239 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
