Tutorial: How to convert 220V UPS to 24V UPS for Mikrotik

Regular 220V UPS is not efficient especially if u using Mikrotik or UBQ equipment - 2 battery UPS convert 24V in to 220V than we use adepter converting 220V in to 24V we have massive losses
Someone may have already done it but let me show how to

What u need is
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Old non working 2 battery UPS, meanwell AD-55B -this come with build in UPS function
and some cables as shown on the picture
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remove everything inside
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By the way u can reuse some of the cables - if not u can make new one

Now check if the batteries are ok , but probably they are death
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next
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next
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Place AD-55B as on picture connect all the cables
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Put PoE splitter outside as u wish
now if the old batteries are death, u have to bay new one I suggest u to use 12V 7.2A they are about 8 Euros.
Connect the batteries
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Place them inside
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And at last there u have it
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working 24V UPS :slight_smile:
at last place careful UPS cover
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now lets do calculation
we have 24V 7.2A system, we can use only 50% of battery that is about 3.1A
we have 24x3.1=74.4W
If we have 3 Units Omnitik(max pow. cons=7W) and 2xSXT(max pow. cons=7W)
3units x 7W=21W per hour 74.4/24=approx 3.5 working hours - but that is never going to happen :wink:
Omnitik and SXT are using more or less 4W (thats average consumption) 3x4=12W average consumption
74.4/12=u have approx 6.2 working hours maybe more

Cost:
Since we use old UPS we can reuse some of the cables inside we dont have to spend
AD-55B - 21 Euro
2x7.2Ah Battery =2x8=16 Euro
cables and PoE splitter = 3 Euro
Total= 40 Euro - As cheap as baying low cost Chinese (probably will last 6 mounts) UPS :slight_smile:

Very good also I would suggest using polyswitch resettable fuses used on each RJ45 POE sockets, this will
isolate power faults on one device effecting another device.