Yeah a fully charged 24 volt rechargeable battery in parallel with the load 
would probably fix the problem.  Get a couple small gel cells.  But they will 
have an inrush current too.

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> On Sep 3, 2020, at 1:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I guess I’d like to hear how many watts you need for stuff that can run on 
> 48/56 volts, vs how many for stuff that must have 24V.
>  
> 240 watts is a lot of 48V, I would seriously think about a 48V power supply 
> and battery string.  Even if you put that along side your 24V setup.  
> Batteries are really good at handling inrush current.
>  
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:56 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 24v to 48v upconverter pulses
>  
> Lots of equipment will have a high inrush current wham starting.  I think you 
> don’t have enough capacity to get things started.  Cheap DC-DC converters 
> don’t like high starting loads.  A fix would be a series inductor with a 
> flywheel diode.  I am on the road else I would help with some component 
> selection.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> On Sep 3, 2020, at 11:34 AM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> I bought a cheap 24v to 48v (5A max) upconvert from Amazon.
>  
> I have it wired to feed a MT CRS switch via DC and radio via POE on the 48v 
> leg.
>  
> But when I plug everything in, the CRS doesn’t show any lights, and the 
> radio/POE just pulses green light it’s powering, then not powering in a cycle.
>  
> When I remove the radio POE, the CRS will start pulsing green light it’s 
> getting power for a split second, then not, then power, in a cycle just like 
> the radio POE.
> After maybe 10-20 seconds the CRS finally gets full power and boots up just 
> fine.
> After it begins to get full power I can plug in the POE to the radio and it 
> boots up just fine too.
>  
> I’ve tried different power supplies and different POE injectors and different 
> CRS switches and different 24v to 48v upconvert modules, always the same.
>  
> So I’m thinking I need to do something inline with the 24v feed to maybe 
> delay or build up amperage first?
>  
> It really sounds like an odd electronics problem with this particular 
> upconverter that may be lacking a component necessary for my scenario.
>  
> What do you electronics people think?
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Josh Baird
> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 6:42 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Vrrp
>  
> Yes - the VRRP should be a /32.  Typical configuration looks like this:
>  
> Router1:
>  
> ether1:  192.168.1.2/24
> vrrp.ether1:  192.168.1.1/32
>  
> Router2:
>  
> ether1: 192.168.1.3/24
> vrrp.ether1:  192.168.1.1/32
>  
> Your VRRP interface (192.168.1.1/32) should be a /32, and it should be on the 
> same subnet as your "physical" interfaces.
>  
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:06 PM Rhys Cuff (Speedweb Internet) via AF 
> <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>  
> Has anyone had much experience with using Vrrp on a Mikrotik?
> It seemed pretty easy to setup but the manual said the floating IP must be a 
> /32 and to put an IP on the physical interface with a /24
> This seemed wrong so I just put a /24 on the Vrrp interface and a completely 
> different subnet on the physical interface for the routers to communicate.
>  
> Thinking I was clever all was well till about 1am two days after I did this, 
> then it completely failed, switching back and forth from master to backup, 
> basically having two masters on and off.
>  
> Is having a /32 on the vrrp really necessary, if so why?
> Why would it have been all good for two days?
>  
> So my config that lasted two days
> Vrrp 192.168.1.1/24 (floating IP I care about)
> Physical 10.0.1.1/24  (to communicate with master/backup routers)
>  
> How the manual says to do it
> Vrrp 192.168.1.1/32
> Physical 192.168.1.2/24
>  
> Doing it the second way will mean a lot more IP’s/config as I want to have 
> around 20 floating IP’s
>  
> Thanks again for any help.
>  
> Rhys
>  
>  
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