At 06:36 AM 05/25/07, you wrote: >On Thu, 24 May 2007 22:27:21 -0500, Paul Finch wrote: > > >Lot of inefficiency when you have to chop up battery and convert > >it to 120 volts AC. > >I agree with you Paul, but more and more repeater sites >are being fitted with computers (for IRLP), so using the >UPS will allow you to power other equipment that doesn't >use 12 volts. > >Tedd Doda, VE3TJD >Lazer Audio and Electronics >Baden, Ontario, Canada > >www.ve3tjd.com (personal) >www.eraradio.ca (Linked repeater system)
The Mini-ITX format motherboards run on +12 and are ideal for that environment. In fact, the "embedded IRLP" node design is based on that design and have no hard drives.... they boot from a thumb drive and run in RAM, and support both IRLP and EchoLink in one box. Mike WA6ILQ
