Re: [IDEA] Poor man's UPS

[Martin J. Bligh]

> > Exactly, and since I cannot afford to buy one I'd have to build it
> > myself using mainly car batteries. The most complex part would be to
> > charge the batteries in a way that won't kill them over time. Building
> > such stuff into the PSU after the secondary coil and AC/DC converter
> > would save the double-conversion loss, therefore making this ideal for a
> > single machine. But I'm still brainstorming, lacking both money and
> > time.
>
> Led/acid batteries are dangerous. Don't use them unless you know exactly 
> what you are doing.

Buy an intelligent charger for an RV. They're designed to do pretty much
exactly that (deep cycle marine batteries, probably).

M.
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