Wilbur Feral
Minister of Fire
I have an older APC designed to output 1800 watts (15 amps @ 120V) or more. Cannot remember model and it's two floors away in the garage, but believe its 2200. Also designed to accept "dirty" power (non sine wave). APC made these for servers running on gen power and also sold a 240V variation for use in countries with uncertain power. Almost certain similar models are still made.hmmm coupled with an inexpensive 2 stroke generator @ 900w this might be just the solution I'm looking for and comes in at a total of ~300.00 2 stroke fuel is stabilized by the oil content and I always have a supply on hand for weed wacker, leaf blower and chain saw etc anyway. the issue brought up in the post above regarding uneven generator output and lack of filtering by the ups seems to be addressed by the ups mentioned in the quote in this post, it handles surges and uneven power and output is pure sine wave. anyone tell me where I may be wrong here please
Works like a dream, does great job of cleaning up the dirty power, and recharges off the gen. You see these on Craigslist bc people want to unload them when batteries need replaced, or when a business folds, etc. I like ours so much I'm going to buy a spare when I see a good deal, for when this one eventually goes kaput. Had it 7 years now, and keep it running 24/7 to power the MVAE, Fios interface, router and home theater PC because of its surge protection and power cleanup. No battery usage until power goes out.