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    CyberPower UPS phantom load

    Hello, everybody. This is about a CyberPower UPS. Specifications: 600VA/360W, Line-Interactive, LCD, 19"/1U (rack type), USB | OR600ELCDRM1U Bought in: 2017 I replaced its 6V batteries once in 2020. Recently it started beeping regularly. I powered it off and let it be. Some time later, I...
  2. Lo_volt

    Will a UPS with 8 output MOSFET's run on only 7

    My daughter had her UPS die on her recently. She brought the unit to me to look it over. On opening it up, I found that the main PC board is single sided copper with surface mounted parts on the bottom and a lot of wire jumpers to make up for the lack of copper on top. The output of the...
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    Inverter suitability for freezers..

    I have been looking into having an inverter & battery backup supply to power my home chest freezers. I really like the look of Mean Well's NTU-1200 inverters, particularly as it has a built in "by-pass" facility. I have heard however that you have to be a bit careful when using inverters with...
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    Full bridge inverter with charger

    I made an inverter using the full bridge mosfet configuration which worked perfectly. I used transformer 7v-220v for the inverter with a 12v battery, which is a common practice with a pure sine wave inverter. Now, I want to add a charging circuit, in the sense that, the same transformer that is...
  5. Dynam0

    Making a portable battery powered mini pc

    As the title says, i want to build a custom mini pc. The reason i'm not buying just a laptop or a mini pc are many...First of all i want something that will be able to be upgraded in the future without problems, that's why i'm putting a Micro-Atx inside instead of a laptop mobo. 2nd i want...
  6. guy_c

    Continues sla battery charger

    Hello, We have often mains shortage in my village and i want to use (create? preferably buy?) 12V ups i.e. continues 12V supply, mainly for an arduino+enet shield, a router modem and in rare occasion a ~1A siren. I bought a 9AH sla battery snd a 'smart' charger but am disappointed that the...
  7. J

    Can I mix Amp Hours (Ah) batteries in a UPS?

    I have a Trip Lite UPS that has two 12-volt 9 Ah batteries in series that I need to replace. I have an 8Ah and a 9Ah batteries on the shelf. What would happen if I were to connect these in series?
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    12v DC 7A UPS from Li-ion Batteries

    Hi All, Complete beginner here so please bear with me! Trying to work out a solution for changing the main battery on my portable video switching system. The project is powered off a single 12V DC 8A V-Mount battery which powers the system perfectly. That said, I can't find a UPS with the...
  9. E

    Feeding load with two 220V AC power supplies to reach uninterrupted power supply.

    As shown in the diagram, I am trying to connect two power sources to load. The battery source is for emergency in the case of power outage of the wall source. I want the switching to be instantaneous with no interruption of power. What is the best solution to this problem? Is there a board...
  10. lefterisgar

    DIY Arduino-powered 12V UPS suggestions | HELP NEEDED!

    Firstly my wishes to whoever reading this piece of text, have a nice year and I hope that everyone is doing fine in this current pandemic and I think this is going to be a piece of the past very soon... I'm also sorry for two things regarding this thread: I'm not a fluent English speaker. I...
  11. K

    Can a car battery possibly kill an otherwise OK UPS?

    In the hope that there are some experienced people here, I am trying to find the reason why and how I killed a UPS. To make a long story short I attached a car battery to an old MGE Nova AVR 600 (360W/600VA) for testing to see if it can handle a single computer. When I disconnected the line...
  12. L

    Passthrough charging question

    I'm trying to design a passthrough charging system for my rpi4b which requires 5v 3a max. I assume it means the regulator needs to handle 6a output if it handles the lipo charger too. I drew out a schematic with power transistors for control, but I'm not sure I set it up correctly. Will this...
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    Need help with DC-UPS

    I need an DC-UPS that can handle at least 300W, but I couldn`t find anything. So I come up with this: Battery: 4s2p Li-ion (3.7V) PSU: 14.8V P-Channel MosFET: IRF4905 (maybe? idk) N-Channel MosFET: idk Will it work? What should I change? Do you have any UPS suggestion? Thanks!
  14. Rahulk70

    Identifying the input power leads of a salvaged UPS transformer for projects

    Hello everyone, I'm writing this post mainly to help others who have had asked many questions in the past how to figure out the input supply leads (115V or 220V AC wires) on a salvaged UPS transformer. These transformers from a UPS are quite bulky and quite powerful and can be very useful in...
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    SLA Battery Charging/Maintenance

    Is using a UPS i.e. APC Smart-UPS (4 battery) a recognized way to charge and maintain SLA batteries (AGM) throughout the year? Given that the batteries should be discharged about every 3 months?
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