On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:59:01 -0700, "Buffalo"
wrote:



Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
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I think everyone should have a UPS for his computer, but *especially*
people like you who live where there are power outages.

Hey Ken, have you or anyone you know ever replaced the battery for an UPS
with just a lead acid battery (small car or motorcycle battery)? You could
just set it next to the UPS unit and connect it with clamps.


I haven't, and I don't know anyone who did. Whether it would work
properly, I don't know (what's the voltage of a UPS battery?), but
even if it did, I'd be very unhappy with a lead acid battery inside my
house.


You could probably really extend the time that your PC would run during a
power failure.


Maybe.


The more powerful UPS units are very expensive and I'm not
sure that the main difference is just the size of the battery or not.


A UPS that would keep most of us going for half an hour or so is
usually under $100 US, and half an hour is long enough for most of us.
I own three inexpensive UPSs, one for each of my desktop computers,
and I have never had a problem with any of them not providing power
long enough.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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