Battery Back up for KOW
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Re: Battery Back up for KOW
Deep cycle battery or 2, charger, inverter and data pack for tethered phone will run fans and lights for a long time.
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Load shedding power cuts seem to have ended now anyway. A $30 Prolink UPS might be all you need for any random cuts under an hour. All the computer shops sell them.
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That's what I've been using. Work like a champ.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:15 am A $30 Prolink UPS might be all you need for any random cuts under an hour.
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Mine died after 2 years but a replacement battery was only $15 and it was easy to replace.Brody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:21 amThat's what I've been using. Work like a champ.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:15 am A $30 Prolink UPS might be all you need for any random cuts under an hour.
I asked in the load shedding thread why they bothered to put an on/off switch on UPSs... but I soon realised if the power went out for four hours while I was out of the house, it was no point in having my wifi running when I wasn't here, so starting turning it off when I went out, so if I returned to no power I would still have a full charge.
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Yeah, I would do that too. Shut them off before leaving the house for extended periods.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:46 pmMine died after 2 years but a replacement battery was only $15 and it was easy to replace.Brody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:21 amThat's what I've been using. Work like a champ.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:15 am A $30 Prolink UPS might be all you need for any random cuts under an hour.
I asked in the load shedding thread why they bothered to put an on/off switch on UPSs... but I soon realised if the power went out for four hours while I was out of the house, it was no point in having my wifi running when I wasn't here, so starting turning it off when I went out, so if I returned to no power I would still have a full charge.
My oldest one is about 2 years old and I've noticed that it lasts about half as long as it used to.
I didn't know that you could get replacement batteries for them. I'll have to look into that. Did you get your replacement battery locally?
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Davy Computer on 19, same place I bought the UPS. It's just an 8AH lead acid, so once you have drained it to zero on several occasions its life is probably seriously compromised. If I ever move to a little house on a little patch of land I'm going to install a small solar system with batteries.Brody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:55 pmYeah, I would do that too. Shut them off before leaving the house for extended periods.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:46 pmMine died after 2 years but a replacement battery was only $15 and it was easy to replace.Brody wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:21 amThat's what I've been using. Work like a champ.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:15 am A $30 Prolink UPS might be all you need for any random cuts under an hour.
I asked in the load shedding thread why they bothered to put an on/off switch on UPSs... but I soon realised if the power went out for four hours while I was out of the house, it was no point in having my wifi running when I wasn't here, so starting turning it off when I went out, so if I returned to no power I would still have a full charge.
My oldest one is about 2 years old and I've noticed that it lasts about half as long as it used to.
I didn't know that you could get replacement batteries for them. I'll have to look into that. Did you get your replacement battery locally?
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Re: Battery Back up for KOW
You can also use a bigger scooter battery (same capacity) if you want, or if you want a lot more capacity, a battery for something like a Kia Visto is $40 ish and 5x the capacity. Will have to have the wiring rigged for car battery terminals and sit outside the case though.
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Oh ok. I've never used metfone. I have smart and my wife and I have not experienced that.
Still here, in country...
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I have. Power goes out and most locals lose their cable/fibre so switch to 4G instead, which then gets crippled by the extra demand.Ravensnest wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:04 pmOh ok. I've never used metfone. I have smart and my wife and I have not experienced that.
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Well that's good news to the OP, if you have smart anyhow. The OP has a 66.66% chance of having no issues with smart and a 33.33% chance of having an issue, according to the current poll. That's a whole lot better than a 100% failure.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:14 pmI have. Power goes out and most locals lose their cable/fibre so switch to 4G instead, which then gets crippled by the extra demand.Ravensnest wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:04 pmOh ok. I've never used metfone. I have smart and my wife and I have not experienced that.
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