Are ConstantVigil still in business?

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#3346717 25-Feb-2025 15:31

djtOtago:

There is also the PowerShield PSDCMIN1218 Mini UPS
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/UPSDNX1218/PowerShield-PSDCMIN1218-Mini-UPS-12V-DC15A-18W-Out

Does that beep when the power is out? Beeping is my nemesis.

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#3346720 25-Feb-2025 15:43

I don't actually have one, so can't say. Was just throwing ideas out there.

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#3346722 25-Feb-2025 15:47

djtOtago:

I don't actually have one, so can't say. Was just throwing ideas out there.

It does look like the best idea for the ONT's with the Molex plug.

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#3346723 25-Feb-2025 15:54

Does anyone have the pin out to wire up the molex ONT?

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#3346724 25-Feb-2025 15:59

mentalinc:

Does anyone have the pin out to wire up the molex ONT?

See this thread

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=210245

You could also hit up Chorus for an extra power supply if you wanted a fresh plug to play with

https://www.chorus.co.nz/help/ont/request-a-replacement-cable

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#3346725 25-Feb-2025 15:59

Sorry to hear Constant Vigil is gone. They were good people.

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#3346758 25-Feb-2025 20:13

mkissin:

That's unfortunate. I bought a unit from them about 3 weeks ago and was considering getting another one!

Did you get it - Companies Register documents at link in thread suggests stopped trading in 2023?

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#3346762 25-Feb-2025 20:34

Yeah. At the time there was no indication from the website that anything was amiss, and Wayne sent me a personal email to say it was on the way.

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#3347764 25-Feb-2025 21:38

I was also a Constant Vigil user. The notion of having a UPS at 12 volts vs the conventional 230 volts appealed to be as ideal where the devices to be protected where ONTs and Routers. Laptops have their own batteries, other 230 volt appliances we could do without if electricity supply failed.

However a number of factors changed this:

We did away with the landline. One of my Constant Vigil units had a 6 volt DC supply to drive a cordless phone.
Our core data usage is low. In a power outage, support of heavy data users at Fibre speeds is not a priority.
Constant Vigil units have no way of evaluating battery health. There is no way to assess if an electricity supply failure occurs, the battery backup will work.

Accordingly I moved to using mobile phone hotspots with decent power banks at the ready. Easily deployed as needed with no additional hardware, but dependent on mobile data being available.

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#3347780 25-Feb-2025 23:43

Bummer. That would explain why I haven't heard back about a replacement battery cable.

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#3347799 26-Feb-2025 09:00

Eaton have just launched a similar device on to the NZ market - with selectable voltages.

https://www.eaton.com/nz/en-gb/catalog/backup-power-ups-surge-it-power-distribution/eaton-3s-mini-ups-anz.html

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#3347802 26-Feb-2025 09:18

danfaulknor:

Bummer. That would explain why I haven't heard back about a replacement battery cable.

Rather odd given that they undertook to IRD in October 2023 that they had stopped trading.

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#3347838 26-Feb-2025 11:34

djtOtago:

There is also the PowerShield PSDCMIN1218 Mini UPS
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/UPSDNX1218/PowerShield-PSDCMIN1218-Mini-UPS-12V-DC15A-18W-Out

I just received one of these.

The molex plug does not connect directly to the UPS cable.

It needs something in between. One of these, the white and blue ones "fit". Do you think it matters?