Powering AFI-R with a battery pack
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I've been having some brown-outs and quick power surges at home, and while my main networking equipment is using a surge protector and UPS, my mesh point is not. Instead of buying another UPS just for it, I was wondering if I could use a spare 13,000 mAh battery pack I have laying around. I also have a couple of USB-A to USB-C power cables.
Will this work? What are the power requirements for the AFI-R?
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@guillermo-avalos 11watt
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Thank you. The battery specs are 5v/3A output and 48 W/h.
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@guillermo-avalos in theory it should work in theory I'd give it a good and see if it works.
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My little experiment didn't work. Adapter Error is displayed. Bummer.
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AmpliFi HD's require 9V / 1.7A input
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@guillermo-avalos you need a quick charge cable
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@derek-saville So, a USB-PD battery should do the trick? It's way cheaper than an UPS. This one supports up to 18w output.
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Hi @guillermo-avalos - I suggest reviewing this thread:
https://community.amplifi.com/topic/1026/amplifihd-router-power-supplyThe HD's seem to give Adapter Errors with many power units that should work.
In theory your battery should work, but don't be surprised if it doesn't...
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@derek-saville Got it, thank you so much. I'll give the PD battery a try and if it still doesn't work, I'll get a cheap UPS.
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@guillermo-avalos I use these to backup my AmpliFi equipment. The battery pack-powered one sometimes goes on sale for ~$40 and the larger stationary unit sometimes goes on sale for $20. No-brainer purchases for all networking equipment in my opinion and they're much more tuned to powering devices that sip energy instead of power-hungry office equipment that the more expensive units are for. Because of that, these might even last longer than units with larger batteries.
Stationary: https://smile.amazon.com/APC-Back-UPS-Connect-BGE90M-Charging/dp/B00NTQYUA8
Battery pack: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B013JHYQNCSide note: I've tried ~7 USB-PD chargers and not a single one worked. These aren't cheap no-namers either - they're good power adapters from Google, Essential, HP, Anker, Monoprice, and Dell.
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@shane-milton Thanks for your input. It's a shame we cannot use standard power supplies, I was hoping since it is using a USB-C power connector it'd be PD compatible.