battery backup

Would a apc computer battery backup work on a pellet stove. It serves as a surge protector also.If not does anyone have any ideas

I have an APC Back-Ups 600va on my stove. It is mainly for surge protection and to cover brown outs. Even though the stove does not draw much electricity, I doubt it would keep it running for too long. $50 is cheap insurance to keep the stove protected from my power company!

I have a Cyberpower unit.(see sig)If you buy one make sure it is a pure sine wave model. I first tried a regular APC and the fans seemed very labored. It was not recommended to use them for this type of application (motor loads) by both manufacturers unless it is pure sine. Mine will run for a minimum of 30 minutes if needed.

aw heck..........get with the big boys........buy a full-size generator why don't cha!!

-Soupy1957

Did a quick search and found this thread...I am considering battery back up and was thinking of using a couple of diesel baterries run in series to a power inverter. Inverter is 250watts, stove is 8 amps total...any opinions welcome.
Next chinook we get here, I think I'll test it...

Battery backup is only good for short outages. If you want to keep your stove on if you are out for a few days then you would need a generator. There is no perfect solution unless you have an automatic standby system.

Oh yeah, I understand that...luckily...the longest the powers gone out where I live is about 4hrs. Solar panel back up is something I'm researching as well...if thats what you are referring to...automatic standby.

I was thinking auto standby generator, but solar is nice if it is a self-contained system with storage and you have good sun. My friend's solar system in AZ, feeds into the grid not his house, and he receives income, the wholesale cost of power as a credit off his retail electric bill. If a line is down and he has a power outage his system would not provide him with power.

Thats a decent set up...aside from no back up power. I'm looking at 4 36x24 panels to charge 6 deep cycle baterries, that should be enough to run my stove for atleast 24 hrs. The two batteries are just a start/test to see how well it works from full charge.

I have a mount Vernon and I ran it for almost 12 hours on a marine deep cycle battery. It kept the house warm while I went out and bought a generator.

I also have the Cyber Power pure sice wave UPS.

However, I have a Harman stove and they are recommending a cheaper UPS.

From the Harman XXV Owners Manual:

These models that are recommended by Harman are not pure sine wave.

I have a harman xxv and have a small solar generator that I'm wanton to use to power it during outages. It's a simple 12v and inverter setup. When I run the harman xxv off I it it just pulses the blower. Is there something else I need to make this work?

It sounds like the blower is overloading the solar/inverter. How many Watts is it rated for?

Problem was the #4 DIP switch. Factory has it in the off position, needed to be in the on position.