That would mean increased cost on the units. People is more interested in price and MT products not capable of 48VDC and the sale of them caused such a dip in the 48V MT products that the 48VDC product line became too expensive to produce due to lack of quantity so choice was either increase price or drop the line. So the product was dropped because increase in price would mean even more people felt the advantage wasn't enough to justify paying that much more which would lead to even lower sale which would increased the cost and there is a level when producing a product does not become economical because the quantity is not enough.
On MOST of their products we can do a special order MOQ 100 pcs last I checked at a slightly higher price than previous list price. Got need enough for 100 pcs RB532 or 100 pcs RB100 series boards. We still have RB230's left. Or of course you could buy RB600 which handles 10-56V on power jack or 38 to 56V on POE port. So you actually do have one option still available that gives you a powerful unit that is still manufactured and sold. So I guess comes down to how much is it worth to you the option is STILL there but I would assume you want the 48V option on the lower cost routers and that will not happen because that is ONE of the reason the products are cheaper. That said the choice is up to you actually since the product is available. / Eje From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Blair Davis Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:53 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] powering finicky mikrotiks on 24v solar I want MikroTik to go back to 48VDC! Randy Cosby wrote: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3 <http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=36191&start=0> &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! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
