Router Battery Backup

capd said:
This mini UPS mentions 5/9/12V but I see no 5V selector. Any ideas?

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Rather get the cheapest one:

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wingnut771 said:
Rather get the cheapest one:

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Bought this a few weeks ago and haven’t opened it yet. Got a 5V router to power with it so I’m banking on there being a USB to DC cable. Doubt there will be one…
 
capd said:
Bought this a few weeks ago and haven’t opened it yet. Got a 5V router to power with it so I’m banking on there being a USB to DC cable. Doubt there will be one…
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No there's nothing for the USB, only came with a barrel connector splitter cable.
 
Where can I get a DC cable adapter?

Need to go from 5.5x2.5mm to 4.5x3.0mm
 
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Dan C said:
I have one of these. It does ONT and two routers way over 4 hours.

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This on the website says R1499 but I am about to purchase it and its purhcase price is R999 So hella discount.
 
GMAN03 said:
Just do a general search for CCTV battery backup, there are loads of options. I've been using one for a while and have some MR16 downlights on it too. You can easily increase the battery capacity too.
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Since our speciality is cctv we use these battery backups for may estate perimeter cctv banks.

The issue is that they vary between 0.5 and 0.8Amp charge rates, which is not enough to recharge a 100W to 150W load in 3 h-4 hours before next load shed- we have on average 5-6 cameras and Ubiquiti Nano Station on each bank.

We have replaced the 18AH Gel/lead acids with 22AH Blue Nova and added compatibel 7 amp smart charger. This works very well.

For small camera loads 1- 1.5 Amp these units with an 18AH lead acid battery seem to work quite well.
 
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For router , I have got one of these from matrix in durban. (The last one in stock)

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I got it for a customer, but have been testing it in the office, and it works really well.

Keep in mind, it's a low capacity device - it will run your router or extender nicely, but it's not meant for a whole lot of devices to be connected.
 
GoB said:
Yes I see the CCTV power supplies... just don't know enough to see what the efficiency would be and whether an intelligent charger wouldn't be better.

I'm guessing I could simply connect the CPE, router, alarm, raspberry pi + sensors directly to my current alarm battery/charger if the charger can handle it? Then assuming I can add batteries as I want, I can connect a higher load to the batteries only during loadshedding (lights)?
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Your alarm battery charger may not operate at more than 0.5A. That's not going to be an effective solution.
 
joker08 said:
will visit communica, I have a battery that was pulled out of a garage door motor, will give that a go first.
and I have to ask them for a 10A charger ??
plan is to put everything in an enclosure and use it as a UPS for my modem and router. will it be able to charge and discharge automatically ?
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Keep in mind, that if it is a lead acid battery, you should not be charging it at more than 10% of it's capacity for the sake of safety and longevity of the battery.
 
At the risk of derailing this thread a little, the alarm battery at the church is not cutting it with load shedding.

It is the normal 7.2 A/H battery used for alarms.

The battery probably needs to be replaced, I had considered buying a Blue Nova Lithium Ion battery, but on further thought, it occurred to me that a more capable battery charger, would also be required. Otherwise it would just take a while longer for the Blue Nova battery to reach a similar state as the current battery, just at a much higher replacement cost.

Not sure how these work, what issues are likely to arise adding a upgraded battery and a battery charger capable of recharging the battery between load shedding cycles.

Fidelity/ADT is the Alarm company.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
At the risk of derailing this thread a little, the alarm battery at the church is not cutting it with load shedding.

It is the normal 7.2 A/H battery used for alarms.

The battery probably needs to be replaced, I had considered buying a Blue Nova Lithium Ion battery, but on further thought, it occurred to me that a more capable battery charger, would also be required. Otherwise it would just take a while longer for the Blue Nova battery to reach a similar state as the current battery, just at a much higher replacement cost.

Not sure how these work, what issues are likely to arise adding a upgraded battery and a battery charger capable of recharging the battery between load shedding cycles.

Fidelity/ADT is the Alarm company.
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I've had a Blue Nova in my Alarm for about a year now. It has taken even the latest Stage 6 in its stride. I'm using the original 20-year old charger that came with the alarm.

This really works MUCH better than the standard alarm batteries.
 
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elf_lord_ZC5 said:
At the risk of derailing this thread a little, the alarm battery at the church is not cutting it with load shedding.

It is the normal 7.2 A/H battery used for alarms.

The battery probably needs to be replaced, I had considered buying a Blue Nova Lithium Ion battery, but on further thought, it occurred to me that a more capable battery charger, would also be required. Otherwise it would just take a while longer for the Blue Nova battery to reach a similar state as the current battery, just at a much higher replacement cost.

Not sure how these work, what issues are likely to arise adding a upgraded battery and a battery charger capable of recharging the battery between load shedding cycles.

Fidelity/ADT is the Alarm company.
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Was the battery not cutting it during loadshedding when new or has it degraded and cannot handle the current loadshedding anymore?
 
deesef said:
I've had a Blue Nova in my Alarm for about a year now. It has taken even the latest Stage 6 in its stride. I'm using the original 20-year old charger that came with the alarm.

This really works MUCH better than the standard alarm batteries.
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You stayed with the 7.2 A/H rating or did you up it a bit.
 
supersunbird said:
Was the battery not cutting it during loadshedding when new or has it degraded and cannot handle the current loadshedding anymore?
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When new, it was doing fairly well, but the level of load shedding was also lower. If memory servers the current battery has been in use for the past 2 or 2 1/2 years.

Now it gives a low battery warning on the Hyyp app within 15 - 20 minutes of the power going off.

Tho the church is basically 2 streets down and 3 blocks away from where I stay. It is in a different load shedding zone, and it gets cut a bit harder than we do, no idea why.

Besides load shedding we have started getting unexplained power cuts that can last a half hour or longer that are not load shedding, related.

Also the local feeder sub- station has taken to tripping every once in awhile, especially after we get some rain.

Edit: Power went of at 06:08 just now at 06:45 I got low battery message.
 
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