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Building a super UPS @ Icrontic

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Normally when you require a UPS the local computer and/or electronics store has you covered but when power demands exceed the pocket book you have to take matters into your own hands.

Personally I would have used sealed batteries for this project (and will if I ever decide to build one from scratch) as they are safer for indoor use, spill proof, and provide greater power output and longer life. (I had one in my truck that lasted 10 years with 5 being under heavy load from the uber car stereo)
My application, however, demands a bit more. I have a fully kitted-outoffice at home with a workstation that runs two PCs, a 4-in-1 digitalscanner/printer, an inkjet printer, a DSL broadband router, a wirelessnetwork router, and two sets of speakers. There are also a fax machine,and a mobile handset that is useless when its base goes dead.

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