About the Power Booster: The easy-to-install Power Booster Accessory is made for the Tempest sensor device in locations where there is not enough sunlight to keep it running year-round.
Do I need a Power Booster? The Tempest is designed to operate on solar power and the vast majority of Tempest owners do NOT need a power booster. For more information, please see this help page.
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Simple Installation
Attaches in between the base of a Tempest device and the mounting attachment. See INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS for more detail.
Versatile Power Options
- - Runs on either AA batteries or wall/mains power (110-240 VAC). It will also run on external/auxiliary power from a variety of sources (4-24V AC or DC). *AA Batteries not included.
- - 12V power supply included, 5ft (1.5m) long power cord.
- - Standard 30 ft (9.1 m) RJ45 cable included.
- - Additional RJ45 cable extensions available in increments of 30 ft (9.1m). PBA CABLE EXTENSION KIT
Simple Installation
Attaches in between the base of a Tempest device and the mounting attachment. See INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS for more detail.
Versatile Power Options
- - Runs on either AA batteries or wall/mains power (110-240 VAC). It will also run on external/auxiliary power from a variety of sources (4-24V AC or DC). *AA Batteries not included.
- - 12V power supply included, 5ft (1.5m) long power cord.
- - Standard 30 ft (9.1 m) RJ45 cable included.
- - Additional RJ45 cable extensions available in increments of 30 ft (9.1m). PBA CABLE EXTENSION KIT
Customer Reviews
Works great, good size and easy to mount. It would be nice to have options of shorter cable length; excess cable is exposed to the elements.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I expected the Power Boost to fully charge the Tempest when using 8 AA alkaline batteries. Not even close. All it does is slow the rate of discharge of the units battery. However, when I plugged it into a power outlet it charged to capacity (2.80 v) within an hour and a half or so. When I disconnected the power plug, the battery charge quickly dropped to ~2.7 v and continued to drop (currently at 2.52 v after 11 days with batteries installed). My location is surrounded by trees. I have no choice but to put the Tempest in a shady location. So I hoped a battery solution would work. It does, but it doesn’t. I have two choices, either buy lots of high end batteries, or plug in the Power Boost for at least a few hours every day. I’d still recommend the product though.
I was trying to revive an old weather station although the power booster did charge the battery. It appears the circuit board on the weather station has gone bad, so the power booster accessory did it's job. If anyone has a weather station circuit board, they would like to sell reasonably let me know.
With the power booster I was able to connect a gel cel with solar panel so that during the occasional weeks when there isn't enough sunlight to keep my tempest powered, there is plenty of power to spare. I love it!
I needed another battery power booster and ordered by mistake, as they look similar.
As most of the problems I have had with the tempest has been power issues at the unit, I spent a bunch of money on a backup power supply.
So my hub can stay awake while the tempest looses power.
Something like have been fighting with since I bought it
