17 Aug
2001
17 Aug
'01
4:33 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck McManis" <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Car batteries in the home?
Car batteries are not good for a UPS because they are
not "deep
cycle"
batteries (that is they don't expect to be drained
all the way to
zero,
which damages them)
I built a UPS for my wife out of a couple of deep cycle marine
batteries
and a 600W inverter. We've got a solar panel that
keeps it topped
off. Can
run the laptop for days ...
I have a brother that runs his whole house off of batteries and a
small Honda generator. He's putting on a solar panel soon.
Check with the phone company, they replace the batteries on their
UPS's regularly.