Router Battery Backup

[ld13]

I've got my ONT and Archer router on two separate DC UPS/power backup/whatever you want to call it (Gizzu 8800 ones)
The ONT use fokkof power really

I have about the same setup and I was pleasantly surprised to find out today how power efficient the router and ONT is.

They performed some power maintenance in the area today (yes, that actually happens in SA), so we were scheduled to be off for most of the day. At about 08:00 I unplugged everything and fired up my Mecer 650VA UPS, powering a Gizzu 8800 connected to the 12V ONT and another Gizzu connected to a stock standard 9V Tenda wifi router. The UPS has an internal timer, so it only ran for 2 hours. The two Gizzu's kept the ONT and router powered from 10:00 onward.

It is now midnight and the Gizzu's are still showing 4 green LEDs! Battery levels are thus still above 75%. That is a quite impressive 14 hours on Gizzu battery.

Obviously I have to adjust this, given the reduced load on the router. I estimate a reduction of 50% on our normal levels of activity till about 5PM, when power was restored and traffic returned to normal levels. That still gives me 10.5 hours of 'normal' usage while not even eating 25% of the reported capacity.

This gives me hope that the Gizzu's can handle extended loadshedding, with even higher levels of load.

[Edit: Few minutes after midnight and the router's gizzu just went to 3 LEDs, so sitting at about 75% - still extremely impressive]

How does the 5 extra batteries work? Sounds like a neat solution.

Not exactly the neatest setup, but here is a pic with two 9ah batteries in parallel, with the side of the UPS propped open where I normally place a Goldair USB fan to keep things cool. Currently running three batteries and got 2 more 9ah's this week.

So instead of the UPS feeding off just the single 7ah 12V internal battery, it is now feeding from a bank of 9ah batteries, all in parallel. This is enough to keep a TV running through loadshedding without an issue, without using too much of the capacity of the batteries, thus keeping the DOD% low.

Edit: I also have an external 12V charger that I use to individually charge the batteries after loadshedding, as the internal charger of the UPS takes quite a while to charge up all the batteries.

 

[Geoff.D]

I have about the same setup and I was pleasantly surprised to find out today how power efficient the router and ONT is.

They performed some power maintenance in the area today (yes, that actually happens in SA), so we were scheduled to be off for most of the day. At about 08:00 I unplugged everything and fired up my Mecer 650VA UPS, powering a Gizzu 8800 connected to the 12V ONT and another Gizzu connected to a stock standard 9V Tenda wifi router. The UPS has an internal timer, so it only ran for 2 hours. The two Gizzu's kept the ONT and router powered from 10:00 onward.

It is now midnight and the Gizzu's are still showing 4 green LEDs! Battery levels are thus still above 75%. That is a quite impressive 14 hours on Gizzu battery.

Obviously I have to adjust this, given the reduced load on the router. I estimate a reduction of 50% on our normal levels of activity till about 5PM, when power was restored and traffic returned to normal levels. That still gives me 10.5 hours of 'normal' usage while not even eating 25% of the reported capacity.

This gives me hope that the Gizzu's can handle extended loadshedding, with even higher levels of load.

[Edit: Few minutes after midnight and the router's gizzu just went to 3 LEDs, so sitting at about 75% - still extremely impressive]



Not exactly the neatest setup, but here is a pic with two 9ah batteries in parallel, with the side of the UPS propped open where I normally place a Goldair USB fan to keep things cool. Currently running three batteries and got 2 more 9ah's this week.

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So instead of the UPS feeding off just the single 7ah 12V internal battery, it is now feeding from a bank of 9ah batteries, all in parallel. This is enough to keep a TV running through loadshedding without an issue, without using too much of the capacity of the batteries, thus keeping the DOD% low.

What is that little board sitting on top of the one battery?
Just away to provide an easy way to connect external batteries or is there more to that board?

 

[ld13]

What is that little board sitting on top of the one battery?
Just away to provide an easy way to connect external batteries

That is it, simply makes things easier. Note though that in such a setup one would want to at least try to get every single cable run from the UPS to each individual positive and negative terminal to be the same lengths. So in the above pic I should be unplugging the board from the battery and rather connecting the battery to the blue terminal bock on the board itself.

 

[isie]

Not exactly the neatest setup, but here is a pic with two 9ah batteries in parallel, with the side of the UPS propped open where I normally place a Goldair USB fan to keep things cool. Currently running three batteries and got 2 more 9ah's this week.

View attachment 909584

So instead of the UPS feeding off just the single 7ah 12V internal battery, it is now feeding from a bank of 9ah batteries, all in parallel. This is enough to keep a TV running through loadshedding without an issue, without using too much of the capacity of the batteries, thus keeping the DOD% low.

would it not have been cheaper to get one 18 or 24 AH battery instead of so many 9AH batteries ?
also have did you manage to circumvent the 2 hour auto shut down or are you not in JNB so that isn't an issue

What is that little board sitting on top of the one battery?
Just away to provide an easy way to connect external batteries or is there more to that board?

^also I Have the same question

 

[K3NS31]

That is it, simply makes things easier. snip...

Neat solution, where'd you get it?

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Finally got the load balancer, really easy to setup.

Adsl exchange batteries has been stolen for a while now, so had to get mtn fixed lte backup which now automatically switches over.

This and my plex server runs off mever 720watt with 2x 100ah batteries.

 

[ld13]

would it not have been cheaper to get one 18 or 24 AH battery instead of so many 9AH batteries ?
also have did you manage to circumvent the 2 hour auto shut down or are you not in JNB so that isn't an issue

It would've been yes, but that is simply how things worked out. Had a 2x9ah UPS die on me, right after I bought a box full of 9ah's for a good price - it was right before a set of loadsheddings, so the timing was great. Replaced the alarm's batteries and then had 3/4 left and it was repurposed for this project.

No luck on the 2 hour issue. Not much of an issue, here in Cape Town though

Neat solution, where'd you get it?

The clip was bought from Geewiz. They call it a BA23 Connector: https://www.geewiz.co.za/batteries/37506-battery-ba23-connector-clip-7ah.html

 

[supersunbird]

I see my ONT and router are both 12V

 

[isie]

It would've been yes, but that is simply how things worked out. Had a 2x9ah UPS die on me, right after I bought a box full of 9ah's for a good price - it was right before a set of loadsheddings, so the timing was great. Replaced the alarm's batteries and then had 3/4 left and it was repurposed for this project.

lol nice I have more UPS's but no batteries though

 

[bar1]

Does anyone here have one of those RCT Megapower 80000mAh?
I was hoping it'll replace my ratel, and that i can connect it to my server for a graceful shutdown, when the power is out, however i dont think it was design for this, because the minute the ac switch is "on" the fan kicks in.....and it is a bit too loud to run 24/7, during load shedding it's understandable.
I dont suppose i can make it work like a UPS?that it'll only "kick in" once the power is out?

 

[ginggs]

Does anyone here have one of those RCT Megapower 80000mAh?

What is the input for this thing? I can only find pictures of the outputs.

I was hoping it'll replace my ratel, and that i can connect it to my server for a graceful shutdown, when the power is out

I see it can handle a 200W load. What is your server?

 

[bar1]

What is the input for this thing? I can only find pictures of the outputs.

I see it can handle a 200W load. What is your server?

I have an HP micro server,gen 8, it can probably handle it.

 

[The Rookie]

Hi all,

Would like some help/advice please?
I would have gone for one of the Ratels but since they are not available I thought about this:

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So that I could either charge my laptop if the battery is low when loadshedding unexpectedly happens,
but Mostly for the Rain Outdoor 5G CPE unit which I have.

I'm not sure how to go about connecting the PoE adapter that came with the CPE to the UPS which I'd like to get.
The cord that plugs in to the wall outlet is 3-pin.

Is there a way that I can supply power to the CPE via this UPS?

Your help would really be appreciated.

 

[powermzii]

Hi all,

Would like some help/advice please?
I would have gone for one of the Ratels but since they are not available I thought about this:

Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.

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So that I could either charge my laptop if the battery is low when loadshedding unexpectedly happens,
but Mostly for the Rain Outdoor 5G CPE unit which I have.

I'm not sure how to go about connecting the PoE adapter that came with the CPE to the UPS which I'd like to get.
The cord that plugs in to the wall outlet is 3-pin.

Is there a way that I can supply power to the CPE via this UPS?

Your help would really be appreciated.

DC out into this > https://www.geewiz.co.za/power-over-ethernet/4408-single-port-gigabit-poe-injector.html

POE to CPE and to your LAN

 

[Doodler]

Could anyone tell me wheter I would be able (or if its a bad idea), to try charge the Ratel 860p via the 12v solar input with a usb powerbank using one of those 12v usb step up cables?

Unable to use a solar panel in my apartment, so was wondering if maybe this would work in the event of longer power outages.

Starting to get creative with dark Africa...

 

[The Rookie]

DC out into this > https://www.geewiz.co.za/power-over-ethernet/4408-single-port-gigabit-poe-injector.html

POE to CPE and to your LAN

Hi Bud,

really greatful for your reply.
Apologies, I'm not good when it comes to this stuff, please excuse my questions.
I presume geewiz also sells the 9-48V DC plug required?
Would I be able to use this plug with the UPS?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Hamster]

I just realised that I can plug my battery packs into my UPS instead of directly into the power socket. That should double the time to 8 hours easily.

 

[powermzii]

Hi Bud,

really greatful for your reply.
Apologies, I'm not good when it comes to this stuff, please excuse my questions.
I presume geewiz also sells the 9-48V DC plug required?
Would I be able to use this plug with the UPS?

Thanks in advance.

I believe so - i must be honest i never checked but yes they should >> https://www.geewiz.co.za/cables-ada...e-plug-with-block-30m-10-pack-dc-pigtail.html

 

[supersunbird]

So I have checked, seems the OpenServe and my router are both 12V, and both DVRs and the CCTV cameras are 12V. The one small switch required at the 1 DVR uses a USB Mini connector, so that should be able to run from a USB port (maybe even the DVRs mouse port ).

So what would be needed to charge and then automatically run (when power goes off) the above off a Blue Nova 13V-11-140Wh LiFePO4 battery or 2?

These are located in 3 different areas, so would need 3 of everything. I can then use my UPSs with cheaper batteries for just hibernating desktops safely.

 

[ld13]

These are located in 3 different areas, so would need 3 of everything. I can then use my UPSs with cheaper batteries for just hibernating desktops safely.

How far are these three areas away from each other, in meter terms? (Because passive POE can make things quite easy, even if things seem fairly distanced from each other.)