UltraWAP power over ethernet mods

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Has been done before

Didz's picture

Ive seen these been done before on Minitar MNWAPB units which are very similar and is quite handy.

Personally I wouldnt use such thin wire to do that like shown on that picture. Wires from old PC power suplys are good for those sorts of things.


Power consumption is tiny..

Power consumption is tiny on these units, so the wire gauge probably isn't much of an issue?


idle a minitar is about

Seabird2k's picture

idle a minitar is about 180mw
and transferring up to 250mw ****

that wire should be fine

**** no idea how accurate these figures are but they were posted on these forums a while back i think they were gathered experimentally by a member


http://www.air-stream.org.au/mnwapb

Didz's picture

FuNcHi did those tests in 2004, see http://www.air-stream.org.au/mnwapb.


ahh i see i was close

Seabird2k's picture

ahh i see

i was close heh

what ever happend to FuNcHi?? away fighting for australia ?

or bogged in some creek in dingo w00p w00p :P


Hrmm don't know.

Didz's picture

Hrmm don't know.


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