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G6Tanuki · 10th Apr 2014, 7:41 pm

That's a valid point - though the SLAs I'm using are 'pulls' from ~sustained luminaire~ emergency-lights which get rigorously replaced on an 18-month cycle under the site's service-level-agreement so I'm really not that fussed if they do die because there's plenty more available from the same source.

Part of me is tempted to look at a small solar-panel to stick on the roof of the summerhouse to trickle-charge the SLA-pack. I'd only need 100mA of charge-capacity over a day to replenish my afternoon/evening's load.

10th Apr 2014, 7:41 pm	#12
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,996	Re: 18V mains power supplies for Hackers and similar That's a valid point - though the SLAs I'm using are 'pulls' from ~sustained luminaire~ emergency-lights which get rigorously replaced on an 18-month cycle under the site's service-level-agreement so I'm really not that fussed if they do die because there's plenty more available from the same source. Part of me is tempted to look at a small solar-panel to stick on the roof of the summerhouse to trickle-charge the SLA-pack. I'd only need 100mA of charge-capacity over a day to replenish my afternoon/evening's load.