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 Subject :DC power draw for WRT54g routers.. 2013-04-11- 14:35:57 
WA8ZLK
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Location: Youngstown, OH

What is the typical current draw of the WRT54GL router. Nominal and Peak values would be good to know since I am working on battery power with solar charging for a number of nodes here in NE Ohio

I need to size both batteries and solar panels

tnx and 73

de Andy WA8ZLK
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 Subject :Re:DC power draw for WRT54g routers.. 2013-04-12- 08:39:54 
wx5u
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Location: Austin, TX

I understand that 54GL routers have the best power consumption, although they may not be better than 54Gv4 routers.

Unfortunately, I don't have numbers handy. 

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 Subject :Re:DC power draw for WRT54g routers.. 2013-04-17- 00:25:24 
WA8ZLK
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I suppose I could measure the current draw...but I didn't want to make a lab project out of it. I may have to do that since I don't see the info anywhere here or on the DD-WRT sites.  May checkout Cisco site first.
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 Subject :Re:DC power draw for WRT54g routers.. 2013-04-17- 16:29:51 
KC2OTS
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I've got a v2.2 WRT54G. After about a minute or so when it's finished booting I've measured the power draw at about 320 mA at about 12.5 volts (a 12 volt gel cell I had on hand). This is with it idling and not connected to any nodes, so I suppose if there was a lot of traffic this could be a little higher but I doubt it'd be much more.
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 Subject :Re:DC power draw for WRT54g routers.. 2013-04-20- 03:44:06 
wx5u
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I found the following FAQ entry.

http://hsmm-mesh.org/section-blog/37-hardware-faqs/56-how-long-will-a-wrt54g-run-from-a-battery.html
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