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- From: patbob@sequent.com (Patrick White)
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- Subject: Re: (M)(R) Back up power for reef tank?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.193604.28228@sequent.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 19:36:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.183440.25656@sx.mont.nec.com> ynecelc@sx.mont.nec.com (Ellison Chan) writes:
- >Well here's a suggestion which might work:
- >- Buy a 12 DC to 120 VAC voltage converter from Radio Shack.
-
- >- Of course, you can't bring you car into the house, so you will
- > need to have a car battery at you disposal.
-
- I'd actually recommend a sealed battery (eg. a sealed led acid one or a
- gel cell) rather than a car battery.. unless you like the acid fumes. These
- are what are used in home-scale UPS's. By sealed I don't mean *anything* sold
- for auto use, including the maintence free ones (which really aren't.. car
- batteries just last about 5 years if you never add water to them).
- I don't know where to get them new.. I run across them in surplus
- places.
-
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- Pat White (patbob@sequent.com, work: (503) 578-3463)
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