APC question..got it free.

[John Fortier]

To start I am clueless on these. I got a free APC Back-UPS ES 550 for free. Would it be worth hooking my stove up to it? Any clue what down time I might get out of it? As always thanks

 

[Bioburner]

New battery is about $20. Was just online looking to replace it for the one that feeds the computer.

 

[John Fortier]

This one is good to go. Would it be enough to power down the stove?

 

[gfreek]

The output on that is 330 watts. Not sure what your fan draw is for shut down, so 1amp, 120 watts, it will run for approx 19 minutes with a good battery..
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE550G-JP&tab=models

 

[chken]

To start I am clueless on these. I got a free APC Back-UPS ES 550 for free. Would it be worth hooking my stove up to it? Any clue what down time I might get out of it? As always thanks

I'll guess 15 to 20mins.

 

[digitys]

Usually enough time to at least start the shut down process if you are around.

The real benefit to a UPS on your stove is protection from surges and brown outs! Brown outs can fry just about anything and normal surge protectors do not protect against them!

I am always surprised when I see someone running a brand new $4k+ stove or expensice piece of electronics and it's plugged directly into the wall! A small UPS is under a 100....

 

[TimfromMA]

Heres what I did.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/index.php?threads/Homemade-Battery-Backup.125698/

 

[John Fortier]

If I can get 10 to 15 minutes out of it, then well worth the price I paid to go with it.

 

[Bioburner]

If I can get 10 to 15 minutes out of it, then well worth the price I paid to go with it.

Its worth against brownouts and surges as digitys said is far more important and with your install you probably have enough draft to keep a major amount of smoke from trying to enter home. Without like me adding corn, your time for pellet burnout is pretty quick.