Interesting.  Will check that out.

On 12/20/2019 11:21 AM, TJ Trout wrote:
You can float them dumb, but you *should* add a cell balancer which keeps each cell within range, they cost between $10-100 per site and aren't complicated to install, just goes to each terminal to read each cells voltage and keep it within range.



On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 5:59 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:

    I am laboring under that same assumption.
    *From:* Adam Moffett
    *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2019 7:09 AM
    *To:* af@af.afmug.com
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor UPS

    I didn't think you could put Lithium on a dumb float charger.  I
    thought they needed special electronics.  I'm happy to be educated
    if I'm wrong there.

    On 12/19/2019 8:06 PM, TJ Trout wrote:
    Whatever you do don't use lead acid lithium batteries of varying
    chemistry's are available second-hand extremely lightly-used for
    the exact same price per watt hour and they will last long enough
    to put them in your will
    On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 10:50 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

        Good point, I'll have to confirm that with them.

        On 12/19/2019 3:39 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

        I hope that Edgepoint doesn’t fry if the input is 1 or 2
        volts above 54 VDC.

        If it sees the unregulated battery string voltage, normally
        you want an upper limit of 56 volts.  60 would be even better.

        *From:* AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com *On Behalf Of
        *Adam Moffett
        *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2019 2:25 PM
        *To:* af@af.afmug.com
        *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor UPS

        I could live with either AC or 48V, but 48V would be convenient.

        I'm looking at the Ubiquiti EdgePoint EP-S16.  It takes a
        54V DC input, has SFP+ uplink ports and twelve 802.3af/at
        ports.  I don't actually expect to use every port, but in
        theory you could  load that up to over 300W, and if I make
        sure to size the UPS for the switch then it's more idiot
        proof when people come along and add stuff.

        Ubiquiti has a 54V UPS module now, and you can put in 2+0
        150W power supplies for 300W total, but it's an indoor case
        and operating temp only down to 0c.  By the time I put that
        in a heated outdoor box it doesn't look too attractive anymore.

        I'm very familiar with the Traco and similar products.  It
        would just be hard to beat $650 for a complete system using
        modular DIN components in a box. There's also something to
        be said for the simplicity of one part on the BOM.

        Of course I could use the smaller EdgePoint, but then I
        don't have the 10Gig uplink.

        I'm checking with Cyberpower on what happens in an overload
        condition...maybe the guy who adds one AP too many will
        realize his mistake very quickly.

        -Adam

        On 12/19/2019 3:05 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

            You are looking at 48VDC output, or AC with a 48V
            battery string?

            Note that unit seems to have around 700 watt hours of
            batteries, not bad, but if you are running 300W or 600W
            of loads, it’s not going to give you much runtime
            without adding more batteries.

            We have a couple Alpha Micro350 systems at some small
            sites, which looks physically similar, but that’s AC
            output.  We only use them at small sites because it’s
            not enough batteries for a large site. Normally we would
            put a Traco TSP BCM48 and a TSP360-148 or TSP600-148 in
            the same enclosure with our other DIN rail equipment and
            maybe a bunch of 100 Ah batteries in a separate battery
            box.  Or maybe 4 x 22 Ah batteries in the same
            enclosure, if we don’t need a lot of runtime.

            *From:* AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com *On Behalf Of
            *Steve Jones
            *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2019 1:33 PM
            *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
            mailto:af@af.afmug.com
            *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor UPS

            hes building out UPS in a box

            On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 1:30 PM Adam Moffett
            <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

                Is there a particular item I should ask him about?

                On 12/19/2019 2:22 PM, Steve Jones wrote:

                    talk to matt at CTI

                    On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:27 PM Adam Moffett
                    <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

                        
https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/fttx/outdoor/cs150u48v3/

                        I tripped over this guy the other day. 
                        They're $650-700 retail and
                        frankly, that's really not a bad price for a
                        one-and-done 48V outdoor
                        power system.

                        <whining>

                        ....but 150W is pretty small.  I wish there
                        was a 300W or 600W option.
                        Why does it seem like every product I want
                        is a white whale and that
                        every vendor has something that's like 90%
                        of the way there, but not
                        quite perfect?

                        </whining>


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