old ups new use

[Richard Kreiss]

Ryan,

I don't think daisy chaining would work. I know some units can take an external battery pack to increase the run time. 


Richard
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On Sep 29, 2012, at 10:00 PM, "Ryan Powers" <ryanx at indy.rr.com> wrote:

>> Just something to think about and maybe a good way to recycle some
>> older
>> electronics rather than putting them into a landfill.
> 
> I really like APC since it hooks into the LAN and has a program called
> PowerChute that logs every event and keeps a 24-week history. It isn't real
> detailed but I can see that during a bad storm last week there was enough
> line noise for it to take over for 5 seconds.
> 
> On the subject of putting them to good use, I wonder if they could be daisy
> chained effectively to power one unit for an hour instead of 6 units for 10
> minutes. But I don't know enough about the physics involved to know whether
> or not that would be an enormous waste of electricity i.e. besides holding
> less charge, do they become more inefficient?
> 
> 
> 
> - Ryan Powers
> 
> 
> 
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