From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net>
The Thursday 2008-06-26 at 23:10 -0600, Tom Patton wrote:
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 20:25 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Ever consider getting a UPS?
Actually, one more solar panel and I will have a separate 48v battery stack to serve as the storage cells for a UPS on this computer. It will then take over automatically when the genny is stopped. I have tried three UPS brands, but none "liked" the inverter output. More accurately, the inverter did not like driving the high surge current of the UPS, in essence an inverter driving another inverter...
If you have frequent need for ups, or running the computer from batteries, a better solution is to drive the PC power supply directly from batteries instead of mains supplied by an inverter. There is one stage less, and you conserve battery power.
I beleive that is exactly what he just said he is in the process of doing. -- Brian K. White brian@aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org