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Re: -48VDC supply for home lab?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Glover)
Mon Feb 3 16:08:49 2014
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:08:28 -0800
From: Robert Glover <robertg@garlic.com>
To: Mark Leonard <mark@bernoullinetworks.com>,
North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 2/3/2014 1:02 PM, Mark Leonard wrote:
> Greetings NANOG'ers!
>
> I have a small home lab which I mostly use for learning and testing. I'm
> likely to receive some gear that needs negative 48VDC (ie: positive
> ground). Mains is a typical 120VAC, 60Hz.
>
> Can anyone recommend a power supply, reasonably priced, to go from 120VAC
> down to -48VDC@10Amps? Something that fits in a two post rack would be
> preferred, but not required.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
Mark,
I'd recommend a Kepco PRR 48-22M. We have one in-office, used it for
some -48VDC equipment (Adtran Total Access gear) that we tested
in-office. Worked great, and can be found on eBay for under $400
-Bobby
