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
