Router Battery Backup

[richjdavies]

Ratels are nice. I have that Gizzu one (bought 2 from pcdirect before last load shedding in Feb) - really good for during load shedding and no fear of running down the battery and it not ever working again.

Wish I'd bought a Ratel one with the solar input though, otherwise you must have grid to charge it. Would have been handy to be able to charge from the car (12V) or a solar panel when the grid was taken out for 12 hours twice during storms these last 2 weeks (yes in suburban cape town, would you believe it!!)

On that point - I wonder how long Sinetec will be 'pending stock' on those Ratels:

Sinetech Store

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[The_Ogre]

Priorities, Can't open the garage, but at least we had internet.

That particular garage door is not being used. It's more of an area where I sit and relax, smoke and have a dop in

 

[rqleslie]

Ratels are nice. I have that Gizzu one (bought 2 from pcdirect before last load shedding in Feb) - really good for during load shedding and no fear of running down the battery and it not ever working again.

Wish I'd bought a Ratel one with the solar input though, otherwise you must have grid to charge it. Would have been handy to be able to charge from the car (12V) or a solar panel when the grid was taken out for 12 hours twice during storms these last 2 weeks (yes in suburban cape town, would you believe it!!)

On that point - I wonder how long Sinetec will be 'pending stock' on those Ratels:

Sinetech Store

We apologize for the inconvenience. For assistance, please contact us via the details below: Email: [email protected] Contact Us: ‪+27 11 453 0924

sinetechstore.co.za

I suspect stock is arriving early next week

 

[cjroelofse]

Ratels are nice. I have that Gizzu one (bought 2 from pcdirect before last load shedding in Feb) - really good for during load shedding and no fear of running down the battery and it not ever working again.

Wish I'd bought a Ratel one with the solar input though, otherwise you must have grid to charge it. Would have been handy to be able to charge from the car (12V) or a solar panel when the grid was taken out for 12 hours twice during storms these last 2 weeks (yes in suburban cape town, would you believe it!!)

On that point - I wonder how long Sinetec will be 'pending stock' on those Ratels:

Sinetech Store

We apologize for the inconvenience. For assistance, please contact us via the details below: Email: [email protected] Contact Us: ‪+27 11 453 0924

sinetechstore.co.za

I am looking at getting a Gizzu. Do you mind telling me if I can run both my Asus WiFi router and CPE unit of 1 Gizzu? As I understand it you do get 1 cable with 2 outputs?

 

[cjroelofse]

I got me a Gizzu from Incredible connection on Saturday for R 999, probably sold out now again.
Great device. Powering my ONT and TP Link Router as well as power to my Ubiquity AC Lite with the POE output.

Only problem I have is that the POE injector on the Gizzu unit is on 100mbps and I have a 1 Gbps line.

Loadshedding last night only dropped from 100% to 75%.

Lets hope it lasts.

Hi, how did you get the power to your ONT, as I understand it you get 1 wire with 2 outputs. I take it the one will fit in the back of the router, would maybe need an extension cable, but my ONT has a 2 point plug, so how did you connect it to the Gizzu? Thanks in advance

 

[rqleslie]

Hi, how did you get the power to your ONT, as I understand it you get 1 wire with 2 outputs. I take it the one will fit in the back of the router, would maybe need an extension cable, but my ONT has a 2 point plug, so how did you connect it to the Gizzu? Thanks in advance

Correct - 1 cable 2 outputs, this cable will replace the ONT and WiFi Router power supply. with the Gizzu you actually get 2x cable options with different barrel connector size options (2.1mm and 2.5mm) to cater for various different configurations.

you need to make sure both devices run at the same voltage - i.e 12v, or 9v etc otherwise, you can get yourself the TP-Link TL-POE10R POE Splitter and use the POE output to select a different voltage.

Hope that helps

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Yup Geewiz increased the price of all their ups. Freaking hell here I thought the Wootware was annoying

Geewiz is a reputable company
i wonder if it isnt their suppliers that are hiking the prices and this therefore looks bad on Geewiz's side
guess we will never know

 

[Speedster]

Geewiz is a reputable company
i wonder if it isnt their suppliers that are hiking the prices and this therefore looks bad on Geewiz's side
guess we will never know

Can't really blame them. Simple supply and demand economics at work.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I want to do something similar, well kinda

My ONT and router are in the garage against a wall. One of my garage door motors is about 1.5 metres away hanging from the ceiling. It has a backup battery connected. I've been toying with the idea of connecting both the ONT and router to the battery and see how long it lasts. Both devices require 12v (Raycore ONT and D-Link router from Afrihost).

its a tiny 7.2 amp battery but it should do the trick
and as you said you dont use it anyways so give it a go

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Can't really blame them. Simple supply and demand economics at work.

Exactly

 

[The_Ogre]

its a tiny 7.2 amp battery but it should do the trick
and as you said you dont use it anyways so give it a go

Yeah, the garage motor circuitry should have no issue charging the battery back up when power comes back on after loadshedding. (you've seen my house, it's the garage door closest to the lunge door)

If it doesn't last, I'm going to add another battery in parallel.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Yeah, the garage motor circuitry should have no issue charging the battery back up when power comes back on after loadshedding. (you've seen my house, it's the garage door closest to the lunge door)

If it doesn't last, I'm going to add another battery in parallel.

perfect
it does mean the charger will run a bit longer charging the batteries but this wont be a problem if you keep the cover off and ensure proper ventilation
plus you can hide a packet of entjies away in there as well away from the wife

 

[mrafiq1]

Hi, how did you get the power to your ONT, as I understand it you get 1 wire with 2 outputs. I take it the one will fit in the back of the router, would maybe need an extension cable, but my ONT has a 2 point plug, so how did you connect it to the Gizzu? Thanks in advance

Hi.
I had to extend the one cable, but my ONT has a 2.1mm DC input, so was just a matter of cutting the wire on the one output, and extending it.
I have the normal Vumatel ONT so was not an issue for me.

 

[Speedster]

These mini ups things rated at 4400mah, 8800mah etc. Is that rating at 12V or 3.6V

 

[cjroelofse]

Hi.
I had to extend the one cable, but my ONT has a 2.1mm DC input, so was just a matter of cutting the wire on the one output, and extending it.
I have the normal Vumatel ONT so was not an issue for me.

Thanks, I also have the Vumatel one, it's a Raycore. Do you mind posting a photo of that. I also have it that the ONT is 12v as well, the same as the router, do you have it like that as well?

 

[cjroelofse]

Correct - 1 cable 2 outputs, this cable will replace the ONT and WiFi Router power supply. with the Gizzu you actually get 2x cable options with different barrel connector size options (2.1mm and 2.5mm) to cater for various different configurations.

you need to make sure both devices run at the same voltage - i.e 12v, or 9v etc otherwise, you can get yourself the TP-Link TL-POE10R POE Splitter and use the POE output to select a different voltage.

Hope that helps

Thank you for the advise, appreciate it. As far as I know both router and ONT is 12v

 

[mrafiq1]

Thanks, I also have the Vumatel one, it's a Raycore. Do you mind posting a photo of that. I also have it that the ONT is 12v as well, the same as the router, do you have it like that as well?

Hi.

Here is a pic of my ONT. Also Raycore. Uses the DC Input.

Uses the plug in second Pic
Hope it helps.

 

[richjdavies]

This might burst some people's bubbles here, but I've found that most small electronics can run at anything from 5V to 19V - most PSU chips that are immediately after the barrel connector have ranges around that level (some much wider).

I only realised this after having plug nightmares and doing my own electronic tinkering (i.e. well, if the PSU on my electronics takes 3-24V maybe others do too... didn't go pop hurrah!)

ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENGINEERING ADVICE

 

[ld13]

This might burst some people's bubbles here, but I've found that most small electronics can run at anything from 5V to 19V

Caveat emptor

Sure some electronics have been designed to accept a wider range, voltage wise, but I have also seen my fair share of magic smoke. A 9V device running from a 5V source is one thing, but the other way around tends to cause extra heat, and that heat tends to lead to failure.

 

[ginggs]

Heat is the path to the dark side...