Step 1 is to figure out where your packet loss is coming from. If it's interference on the RF side, changing to a DC plant is a complete waste of time/money.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 9:21 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Usually when people say "DC plant" they mean a rectifier. A charger + > inverter like you proposed would probably also count as having DC power > plant. > I used one of these once: > https://www.aimscorp.net/12-Volt-Pure-Sine-Inverter-Chargers/ > Worked fine, but no remote management. I'm sure there are a dozen options > out there to pick from. > > An isolation transformer might be a less intrusive change. Tripp Lite > makes some affordable ones. On the trip lite ones I had the hot and > neutral were isolated, but the ground passed straight through. Depending > on where the noise is coming from that might not fix it, but you can test > an isolated ground by snapping off the ground prong on the transformer or > using a 2-prong adapter. I say "test" because you shouldn't run without a > ground permanently. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Jan-GAMs > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2023 3:41 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] backup power for small tower > > It's in a parking-lot of a business and they started plugging their food > truck into the power-source. So what do you mean by "DC plant"? > > On 1/8/23 12:20, Bill Prince wrote: > > If your site is 100% DC-powered, the batteries should provide all the > > isolation you need. My suggestion is to just switch to DC plant. > > > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > On 1/8/2023 11:21 AM, Jan-GAMs wrote: > >> Ever since a food truck started plugging their truck into the same > >> power source we use we've been experiencing severe packet loss > >> through it. Possibly electrical motor-hum? Anyway, I'm wondering > >> what is available or suggested to use to place a better electrical > >> isolation for a battery backup in the box on the tower. > >> > >> We're using two ubiquiti radios one cheap ubiquiti router and a Cisco > >> fiber to ether-net router. We have a cyberpower 450va that provides > >> power for less than an hour when we have a power outage. It would be > >> better if we could use something more hefty. The NEMA box is 2ft x > >> 2ft x 8in. Inside is 2ft x 2ft x 6in. So there isn't much room. > >> > >> I'm thinking maybe a stack of batteries, a charger and a sine-wave > >> invertor? Unless someone knows of a product that would do what's > >> needed? > >> > >> > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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