Linksys PAP2 w/ ELK M1G

[rrockoff]

Hopefully some one has does this before.

I have a ELK M1G and I am using a Linksys PAP2 to connect to my alarm monitoring company. Currently the PAP 2 is in the same cabinet as the ELK M1G. The PAP2 uses a wall wart converting 120V AC to 5V 2A DC. I am concerned that the PAP2 gets it's power from the house and can be disabled if the power were to be cut off. I am thinking the best solution would be to pull power from the ELK M1G but I am having trouble finding a DC to DC power adapter that will convert 12V 1.25A (from ELK M1G SAUX) to 5V 2A. Another idea was to try to buy a second small alarm battery to add to the cabinet but extra space inside the small cabinet is hard to come by.

Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Rod

 

[thewireguy]

Why not just use a UPS?

 

[rrockoff]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have thought about using a UPS. The electrical outlet is inside the alarm cabinet and the cabinet is not big enough to house a UPS. The alarm cabinet is mounted in a wall 10 feet off the ground. Connecting to a UPS would require me to open the wall and drill through a few studs to fish the power wire from the UPS to the PAP2. Even if I moved the PAP2 closer to the UPS, I would still need to fish the phone line to the PAP2.

Rod

 

[sic0048]

How about using short extension cords to reach the UPS and then back to the PAP?

I certainly think the easiest and most cost effective thing would be to us a UPS.

 

[Spanky]

Add a second metal can and conduit it to the first box.