Good day, this is my first post here so hi everyone.
I hope it is ok to revive this thread with my questions about the box power supply, otherwise please let me know to open a new one.
We have just received our first 3 CRS226-24G-2S±RM and so far, so good. We will be testing them in a datacenter environment and, as many other people has already said, dual internal power supplies are very desirable.
The box has even a hole for an IEC power connector and a place for an internal fan. So I am thinking about installing inside a decent power supply like a Mean Well RS-25-24 and cable it up to the “aux power” holes in the mainboard.
So here is my first question. Given the wide power tolerance of the board, is there any recommendation about the best nominal voltage to be supplied? I notice that Mikrotik ships a 24V supply and hence I have selected another 24V supply, but is this to be preferred to a say 12V supply, which has the advantage of being able to power also a small fan of the most common type?
Now about the actual implementation: Given the pitch between the + and - holes of said holes, what connector would be best suited to do a neat job? Perhaps one like those in the CCR routers? Who makes them, anybody knows?
Thanks!