[geeks] Pet Pictures and such

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Wed Jul 3 00:22:08 CDT 2002


On July 3, Kris Kirby wrote:
> > > http://catonic.net/ups/ <- my famous UPS modification. Burn your house
> > > down in .5 seconds or less.
> >
> > What's the mod do???
> 
> 1) Allow the inverter to run longer under load without overheating.
> 2) Allow you to use much larger batteries than the UPS was designed
>    for.[0]
> 
> [0]: Meaning a UPS designed to run for 15 minutes at, say, 85% load will
> go for more than two hours at 100% load.

  Umm, have you beefed up the charging circuitry at all?  Something's
gotta charge those larger batteries...

      -Dave

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