Current R5009 or L009 are very compact and silent rack-mountable devices.
It could very interesting in hospitality or industry to have switches of the same form factor but with rail bracket allowing them to be vertically (or horizontally) side-by-sied, mounted on a wall through a DIN rail.
In fact, a simple alternative heat-sink with DIN rail mounting capability would be perfect.
Some alternatives are industrial switches which are less compact, more expensive and with uncertain feature set.
Wouldn’t some DIN rail adapter that uses the “side mounting” hole to secure the RB5009 to bracket work? I suppose this DIN theoretical adapter could have some screw receiver to allow stacking multiple RB5009 off the same spot on the DIN rail. e.g. plugs facing down from DIN on wall, last unit is attach to DIN, but several RB5009 could use same 25cm of rail.
Just some space between DIN rail and heat sink allow more airflow (than it being “embedded” into heat sink). An adapter have some additional setback which might be handy for air & also could perhaps also allow cables to pass in-between DIN and router.
Those devices can be wall mounted or DIN rail mounted without any rack and very easy to swap.
r5009-like devices are even more compact than those. r5009 DIN.pdf (14.8 KB)
Thanks for including the image: it’s much easier now to follow this thread.
With a single DIN Rail accessory, you can position a whole device family on this uncovered market.
To be complete, industrial switches sure have unique capabilities (temperature range, …) but current r5009 also has its strengths.
