Power Box and MeshAP

The alarms on the power box started to go off at the 9 hour and 52 minutes mark. Yes I'm disappointed because my researched indicated that MeshAP would be running continous for a couple of days. I will need to reduce the power supply to Morex 60W and try it again. Unfortunately all my Morex are in the field being used!

I believe the 200 mW Radio card and the 250 Watt power supply drain most of the battery. I also backdated the software to dev 88 and ran a lot of traffic through the MeshAP. The software for most of the day was running without GUI then after rebooting a few times the GUI came on.

If I had a few solar panel they would required the battery to rapidly charge while running the MeshAP. My assumption is also that the battery many need to be replaced; however, it is only eight months old and has been utilize a few times.

The power box is recharging while powering the MeshAP. The lenght of time it takes to charge may will increase.

While writing this blog the alarm on the battery is indicating a problem. The battery charger cannot provide enough electricity to charge the battery while running the MeshAP.

I will repeat the test again tomorrow.