[Soekris] net5501 and 24VDC ?

[Niels Ole Staub Kirkeby]

> Niels Ole Staub Kirkeby wrote:
>
>> I'm planning on getting power for the net5501 from a PLC (Siemens or Allen-Bradley) 24VDC power supply. Has anyone
>> had
>> any experience with that kind of configuration ? AFAIK the PLC power supply delivers at least 24 CDV while the
>> net5501
>> has a max of 28-30 VDC (25 VDC recommended, right ?).
>
> I run mine from 12V DC just because I have an old Netgear hub power
> supply around.
>
> Soekris website says it will run on 6 to 25 volts, max draw 20 watt.
> Or you can bypass the internal regulator and supply a regulated 5 volts.
>
> - Martin
>

Yeah, i know. All during my test phase i had been using a 12 VDC, a PSU from Cortex Systems. This was the first
time we connected the net5501 to 24 VDC and it became toast ! It could be a bad component ofcourse but .... :-)

Niels Ole Kirkeby