Re: [IDEA] Poor man's UPS

[Avi Kivity]

Christian Trefzer wrote:
> Exactly, and since I cannot afford to buy one I'd have to build it
> myself using mainly car batteries. The most complex part would be to
> charge the batteries in a way that won't kill them over time. Building
> such stuff into the PSU after the secondary coil and AC/DC converter
> would save the double-conversion loss, therefore making this ideal for a
> single machine. But I'm still brainstorming, lacking both money and
> time.

Led/acid batteries are dangerous. Don't use them unless you know exactly 
what you are doing.

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