Patrick Martin wrote: > I am looking for a battery backup that can be run several hours if > needed.
What kind of a load Patrick? How many amperes? I take it that you only need 120 VAC, not 240 VAC? I have several installed at my commercial sites. Some are the newer full-time always-on inverter types. I don't like these and they seem noisier, RF wise. The rest are Best Power FD series with ferro-resonant transformers that the inverter only runs as needed. These are lots better RF noise wise, and I think do a better job at power surges. But they are big and heavy. If you want several hours of run time, they tend to be about 2'x4'x4' in size, with from 4 to 8 deep-cycle batteries inside. They're too heavy to do anything but roll with the batteries inside. Some of these FD series are starting to show up used, and they aren't too badly priced. You can still get service on them (they never break, the design is really bulletproof), and the field engineers I talked to still like the older ferro-resonant types over their newer stuff. Some of these are smaller in size, maybe 1'x1'x2', but the capacity is a lot less. If you didn't need the extra current of a bigger unit, you could always create your own external battery bank. Trouble is the battery charger in the smaller unit will take forever to charge a big battery bank, as the smaller units won't fast charge the bigger battery bank capacity like a larger unit will. Rick Kunath _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
