It’s been decades since I bought a UPS, but I would look at APC. - Mark
Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On May 23, 2021, at 6:16 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Somewhat off topic... > > For some time, I've been meaning to get a small UPS to power my router, > laptop, and other electronics in case of an emergency. Well, our power will > be off monday for utility work and so I bought a small UPS. But, I'm > disappointed with it. > > The spec claims it has 1080 joules, which would be 0.3wh. That's obviously > not true, so I don't know what that number is supposed to mean. However, its > display says it has a load around 60w and that it should sustain for 96 > minutes. That would be around 100wh. I would like something that can last a > day or two, not an hour. (I can turn off my external display and probably cut > the load in half, but still...) > > My thought is to buy a 12v deep cycle battery and hook up a charger, an > inverter, and contactor to switch from wall to battery. I'm pretty sure there > are products which do all that but I haven't found any yet. > > Does anyone have a suggestion ? > > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210524/680a7879/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
