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Subject: Re: Why not buy a mains adaptor?

Author: margolies,marc

Date: 19:12:26 04/12/04

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i think that the puny lead-acid batteries in most ups will disappoint you. i'd
give such a set-up about 6 months before memory recharge problems destroy the
battery and then you'd have to recycle the piece of junk!



On April 12, 2004 at 17:48:47, J. C. Boco wrote:

>On April 12, 2004 at 17:39:07, margolies,marc wrote:
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>>in that case, have you thought about carrying a car battery in a backpack,mod it
>>down from 12 volt to 9 volt, then recharge it every night?
>>just don't spill any sulphuric acid about--get a sealed one.
>>
>That would keep me going for quite some time.  In fact, it could "drive" me to
>further tests.  I could get the car battery manufacturers to pony up some grant
>money for further experiments.
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>I could also get a UPS computer backup powerstrip.  That would be easier than
>the car battery.  Perhaps after the car battery experiment, I will "turn over"
>to the UPS.
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>>On April 11, 2004 at 14:40:01, J. C. Boco wrote:
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>>>On April 11, 2004 at 04:47:11, Chris Taylor wrote:
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>>>>On April 10, 2004 at 21:33:54, J. C. Boco wrote:
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>>>>>nt
>>>> This will last a long long long long time,  Till it stops working eh?
>>>>
>>>>Chris
>>>
>>>Just simply because I don't like to be tethered to the wall.  That's all.



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