[Soekris] net4801 upper voltage range

[Egbert Jan]

Sean, 

You might put a few or 2 Amp rated diodes in the feed line in the conducting
direction. Each diode drops 0.6 Volt. Place an electolytic capacitor near de
soekris to keep a low impedance power source. On the other hand all extra
components may break down... If the thing is in such an unreachable place
you will go for rock solid above all.

Good luck.
Egbert Jan, NL

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:soekris-tech-bounces at lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sean Murphy
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 4:07 AM
> To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: [Soekris] net4801 upper voltage range
> 
> 
> Greetings All
> 
> I have been using an early net4801 on a remote wireless repeater  
> station for near two years now with a 24v power system.  Alas  
> recently storm damage caused a short circuit and the net4801 was  
> fried (along with everything else).  I am tomorrow going to be  
> installing the brand-new net4801 I received and just noticed an  
> inconstancy in the information on the soekris web site.  I know that  
> my first net4801 accepted voltages up to 28volts and the PDF manuals  
> on the site (dated april 04) still say that, but that the stats  
> listed on the net4801 web page now list 20v as the max.
> 
> Can anyone tell me if the design of the net4801 has changed or is  
> this a typo on the web site?  I am installing the new net4801 this  
> weekend and do not want to damage it if it now does not accept 24v....
> 
> The station is remote and so powered by solar and wind with a large  
> battery bank, the equipment is powered directly off of the battery  
> bank so i can not just simply plug in a 120v wall-wart.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sean
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