Router Battery Backup

I Have a related question, and sorry if this has been answered previously in the thread....

I am looking for a cheapish wi-fi range extender that can be powered by a DC UPS (Already have the UPS), my existing extenders are of the type that plug directly into a wall.... so no power brick/supply.
 
die_koos said:
I am looking for a cheapish wi-fi range extender that can be powered by a DC UPS (Already have the UPS), my existing extenders are of the type that plug directly into a wall.... so no power brick/supply.
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Most, if not all, routers have this functionality right out of the box. Not the biggest fan though. Extenders sux.
 
dualmeister said:
My router was only getting 3 hours on micro UPS. So I disabled 5GHz and just used 2.4GHz.
It lasted 20 mins longer than usual, but still not 4 hours :cautious:
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I came here to post this tip, and found you coincidentally just mentioned it. Disabling one of the WiFi antennas is a great way to squeeze more out of a mini-UPS.

Interestingly, in my case, lowering the output level made no discernable difference.
 
derp90 said:
I have a Ratel 860p and sometimes after a 4 hour loadshedding it seems to have switched itself off and I have to manually press the green button to get it to switch on again.

Number 1 concern is that the 4 hour loadshedding is completely draining the battery. I only have the ONT and router plugged in. Surely I should be getting more time than 4 hours?

Number 2 concern is that I read that even if it runs out it is supposed to switch itself back on when the power is restored.

Any ideas as to what's going on here?
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Seems my 860p is also caput after almost 2 years. Oh well. Thanks eskom
 
JustJack said:
Switches off immediately if the power goes off
Not too clued up on doing repairs on something like this
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ah okay that sounds like a dead pack to me. Still haven't fixed a dead unit most them i fixed had dead packs/cells.

Battery just unplugs from the pcb and cells is not difficult to get the difficult part is to get someone or a electronic shop close to you to spot weld them all together again unfortunately i am in cpt side/
 
My ratel 860p life is declining as well.
Thinking of getting a power station for the Asus router and ont.
Need one to easily last 6 hours...Not sure which one to get
 
These cheap 18650 cells in all these units is no good not much cycles/life out of them compared to the name brands. Only time will tell on the LiFePO4 cells. Replaced some cells on units that is not even 6 months old and the weight is like half of the brand names :X3:
 
mith said:
My ratel 860p life is declining as well.
Thinking of getting a power station for the Asus router and ont.
Need one to easily last 6 hours...Not sure which one to get
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Nothing wrong with using a holder. But those wires is a bit on the thin side :). For the small units it will work they more or less uses the same thickness wire. The bigger units uses thicker wires
 
x7razor said:
Nothing wrong with using a holder. But those wires is a bit on the thin side :). For the small units it will work they more or less uses the same thickness wire. The bigger units uses thicker wires
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Easier to solder thicker wires than to solder batteries
 
K3NS31 said:
2 years with our loadshedding - you've simply worn down the batteries a bit and now their capacity is less.
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Depending on the cells of course, but I bought my first one in July 2020 ... still lasts more than 6 hours with two routers attached
 
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