Cool man
Let me know how long it lasts & if it runs out of power, does it automatically start up when power comes back on
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Cool man
Let me know how long it lasts & if it runs out of power, does it automatically start up when power comes back on
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Rather buy a PD USB battery bank and use that for the laptop, you can get a decent size one for around R500
AirWolf
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Finally caved and bought this one:
www.takealot.com
Was using some Huawei Batteries (the one's normally used for the LTE router), but the fibre router uses too much power for those batteries and dies before 2 hours are up.
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Was using some Huawei Batteries (the one's normally used for the LTE router), but the fibre router uses too much power for those batteries and dies before 2 hours are up.
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Ok probably not one with 60W output, what do those typically go for?
Surprisingly hard to find...
This one is R 1 600, for 65W
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And this one claims to do 100 Watts for R 2 400!
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Huh, just noticed they're the same brand. Never heard of it myself, not that that means anything.
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Hi All,
I have a question for the gurus, once the LS ends one year, do I leave my Netogy (Lithium batteries) plugged in permanently or plug it out and wait for the next bout of crap? Not sure what is best for these batteries?
Thanks in advance!
I have a question for the gurus, once the LS ends one year, do I leave my Netogy (Lithium batteries) plugged in permanently or plug it out and wait for the next bout of crap? Not sure what is best for these batteries?
Thanks in advance!
Just keep it plugged in and on all the time
Lithium does not like being permanently charged. Unplug it and connect the original power adaptors if/when we have a few months of no load-shedding.
LandyMan
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Running two of those, Ratel 860p variant so to speak, and managed to get one for a colleague for R1050Finally caved and bought this one:
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Was using some Huawei Batteries (the one's normally used for the LTE router), but the fibre router uses too much power for those batteries and dies before 2 hours are up.
Everywhere seems to have stock issues though, hence the high prices
TheBadMadMan
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+1. Life is too short to worry about a cheapy UPS. Just leave it plugged in, besides the control unit inside the UPS should in theory not constantly charge the batteries when a certain voltage level is achieved.Just keep it plugged in and on all the time
AirWolf
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Yep, very short supply during load shedding periods.Running two of those, Ratel 860p variant so to speak, and managed to get one for a colleague for R1050
Everywhere seems to have stock issues though, hence the high prices
AirWolf
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Have the Gizzu 65Wh backup ups.
The ont is 12v, 0.5amp, 6w.
The Mikrotik Hap Ac2 accepts variable voltage from 12 to 30v on the power port and 18 to 28v on POE. Its regular power cable supplies 24v, 0.8amp, 19.2w.
I connected the Mikrotik to a 12v output and not the POE, so the ups will last longer. POE on this ups has a switch for 24v or 48v. Is my assumption correct or am I missing something? And is there a downside to supplying 12v instead of 24v to the Mikrotik?
The ont is 12v, 0.5amp, 6w.
The Mikrotik Hap Ac2 accepts variable voltage from 12 to 30v on the power port and 18 to 28v on POE. Its regular power cable supplies 24v, 0.8amp, 19.2w.
I connected the Mikrotik to a 12v output and not the POE, so the ups will last longer. POE on this ups has a switch for 24v or 48v. Is my assumption correct or am I missing something? And is there a downside to supplying 12v instead of 24v to the Mikrotik?
Dan C
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No reason to unplug it. I have one mini UPS for years now and it's permanently plugged in between the mains and the router.
Got one of these last week for the WIFI and fiber boxes.
www.takealot.com
Paid R1099, next day it was R890 and the day after that R1400. Today it's R935.
So far so good. Longest it was off mains was 8 hours without any issues.
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Paid R1099, next day it was R890 and the day after that R1400. Today it's R935.
So far so good. Longest it was off mains was 8 hours without any issues.
ld13
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Quite a few factors come into play here.
Remember the mikrotik will draw (up to) 19.2 watt, no matter the voltage you supply it, so no, '12V' will not automatically make the UPS run longer than using the POE port.
Unless of course the UPS has a inefficient circuit when it comes to converting the internal 3.7V. You might get some advantage, if the UPS has to do less conversion/boosting or is better at supplying 12V instead of 24V though, but the Mikrotik might be better at using 24V than 12V, so you will never know.
Got one of these last week for the WIFI and fiber boxes.
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Paid R1099, next day it was R890 and the day after that R1400. Today it's R935.
So far so good. Longest it was off mains was 8 hours without any issues.
R1599 now, RIP...
I have a pretty decent 10Ah one, but it has no 12V outputs, just USB A.
Link or from where, please?
Dan C
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Thanks did see that one. Interested in the two for R40 ones…