On Wednesday 19 April 2006 22:53, you wrote:
> Aren't petrol generators cheaper than a battery as big as a fridge??

No. Because you would need one that
1.) is acceptable noisewise and emissionwise by the neighbourhood
2.) kicks in automatically
on top of a UPS that at least can bridge a few minutes and conditions your 
power

Yes, my UPS is as big as a small bar fridge and weighs 400 kg, but  suitable 
generator would be at least as big and much dearer

> How many kWh does one get for $4k?

about 15 I guess

> Laptops are rather useful for riding out blackouts or power cord accidents.

Laptops are not made for continuous operation. They ususally don't last long 
under the thermal stress, nor do their keyboards usually take well the 
8-hours-a-day punding on 5 days a week every week.

Horst
_______________________________________________
Gpcg_talk mailing list
[email protected]
http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk

Reply via email to