PoE consumption for FAP-431G

[ANKV24]

Hello, 

I´m looking for statistics on PoE consumption for the FAP-431G. How much does such an AP consume on avarage? Not many APs actually consums at max PoE.

Thanks!

[dbu]

As per datasheet this model use up to 31.7 Watts.  

Have a look a the datasheet below:

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/fortiap-series.pdf

[ANKV24]

Hi, thanks for the response. I´ve checked the values in the datasheet and that isn´t what I´m looking for. The value I´m interested in is the average PoE consumption during a work week from an installation of a WLAN built of FAP-431G. 

[ebilcari]

It will depend on your environment and the power used by the radios. With normal usage, the model FAP421E that I have running haven't ever exceed 10W consumption.

If you are tight on PoE budget, I would suggest that in calculations to not go lower than 75% of maximum requirements usage for each AP.

Keep in mind also that in events of power failure/restart of the switch, if the PoE budget is limited not all the APs will come up immediately. At startup full PoE (based on supported protocol) will be granted to ports that have higher priority. The other ports will not be powered until a recalculation is done by the switch.