Which UPS

To power the 12v fibre router and 9v WiFi router during load shedding , should I go for a or b?

a.
UPS Multi-Voltage 5-12V (32000mWh) Battery Power Bank WiFi Router

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b.
UltraLAN Micro UPS (DC & PoE) - 60W 17.6AH

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UltraLAN Micro UPS 60W DC and PoE Output (MUPS60W17.6AH) - DEMO (JHB Only)

UltraLAN Mini UPS (DC-to-DC 60W) with PoE Output*REFURB / OUT OF BOX DEVICE - Only available from our JHB offices*The UlraLAN Mini UPS series delivers clean, automatic, reliable, constant power to small DC devices during power outages or where grid power is not available.The UltraLAN...
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wingnut771 said:
yeah, dc-dc is better if you don't need ac. reasonable price too.

it means 1.5amp max, so anything less will be fine.
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Thanks Wingnut, you've been a great help. Did you end up getting it? I'm gonna contact them just to make sure the compatibility is good, and if so am gonna get this!
 
FelixDaHousecat said:
Thanks Wingnut, you've been a great help. Did you end up getting it? I'm gonna contact them just to make sure the compatibility is good, and if so am gonna get this!
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no probs. no not as yet, income has taken a knock with the crackdown, but might reconsider when loadshedding comes back with avengance. using a chinese cheapy pure sine wave inverter connected to the car during outages for now.
 
Haha cool, wish I knew how to do that. I just saw my Vumatel Huawei CPE box is 11-14V - would this be compatible with a 12V output you think?
 
FelixDaHousecat said:
Haha cool, wish I knew how to do that. I just saw my Vumatel Huawei CPE box is 11-14V - would this be compatible with a 12V output you think?
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it's easy, when the lights go out, get in the car and go for a 15 min drive to warm it up, then pop the hood, connect inverter to battery, run moerese long extension cable to house, start engine (diesel only, not petrol, not good to idle petrol), plug in tv and internet and hope the wind is blowing the right direction to not smell the fumes. :ROFL:

yes 12V should be good for vuma box.
 
powermzii said:
Is the POE on the UltraLAN Micro UPS (DC & PoE) - 60W 17.6AH 100 or 1000mbps?
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I would also like to know the answer to this.
I know the Gizzu unit is only 100mbps as i have one and tried it.
Also looking for a 1000mbps POE solution.
 
powermzii said:
Called Uniterm and the Micro UPS is likely to only be in stock in Sept :-(
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I will wait for now. Got my Gizzu running.
Will live with the 100mbps POE until September if loadshedding hits again.
 
Go the Ultra LAN Micro UPS! Thanks so much for the recommendations guys. Had it over a week now and happily powering my 9V wifi router and 12V Fibre box with no issues. Made it through 2.5 hour loadshedding last week and battery was still full after 2 hours! Really happy with this. Also the company gave me R100 off when I mentioned I was a mybroadband member. Just make sure you order extra DC-DC cables if you need, they have longer lengths too. Service was pretty efficient and their technical team called me back and answered all my questions. It switches over to battery seamlessly and no annoying continuous beeps.
 
FelixDaHousecat said:
Go the Ultra LAN Micro UPS! Thanks so much for the recommendations guys. Had it over a week now and happily powering my 9V wifi router and 12V Fibre box with no issues. Made it through 2.5 hour loadshedding last week and battery was still full after 2 hours! Really happy with this. Also the company gave me R100 off when I mentioned I was a mybroadband member. Just make sure you order extra DC-DC cables if you need, they have longer lengths too. Service was pretty efficient and their technical team called me back and answered all my questions. It switches over to battery seamlessly and no annoying continuous beeps.
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Which one did you get?
 
FelixDaHousecat said:
Go the Ultra LAN Micro UPS! Thanks so much for the recommendations guys. Had it over a week now and happily powering my 9V wifi router and 12V Fibre box with no issues. Made it through 2.5 hour loadshedding last week and battery was still full after 2 hours! Really happy with this. Also the company gave me R100 off when I mentioned I was a mybroadband member. Just make sure you order extra DC-DC cables if you need, they have longer lengths too. Service was pretty efficient and their technical team called me back and answered all my questions. It switches over to battery seamlessly and no annoying continuous beeps.
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You must have bought the very last one around, .
 
I've used to use those big UPS' in the past to power fibre box and router during loadshedding and after a while they just degrade and you have to replace batteries. For my needs what worked best was getting two small mini ups that run on DC, therefore no loss of power, one for the fibre box and one for the router and I have gotten around six hours out of them.

Something like this:

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I managed to get two of these for R800 a year ago. Now they are double that, crazy.

Works great and unlike those big 12v batteries will not degrade as quickly. If you are looking to just power your fibre this is best solution. People have been using those big UPS like generators, which is not how they are meant to be used which is why they degrade so quickly.
 
hey, so i am getting a new mini PC , i was wondering what it will take to keep it running for 2-3 hours of load shedding (assuming the 4 hours load shedding in jhb is now changed....)

TDP: 25W/35W

i also have a gizzu unit to keep my raspberry pi, router,and modem running....not sure if i can add the nuc to it (or get another gizzu).
 
bar1 said:
hey, so i am getting a new mini PC , i was wondering what it will take to keep it running for 2-3 hours of load shedding (assuming the 4 hours load shedding in jhb is now changed....)

TDP: 25W/35W

i also have a gizzu unit to keep my raspberry pi, router,and modem running....not sure if i can add the nuc to it (or get another gizzu).
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The problem with the nuc, apart from battery capacity on your existing ups, is the voltage. If I'm not mistaken they run on 19V?
 
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