From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 05/04/2024 22:08, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > On 15/03/2024 10:51, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   >  >>     Make that 5 minutes * 500W/5W or 500 minutes which is indeed a   
   >  >> long time but a lot shorter than the 150 hours you were expecting.   
   >   
   > On 3/15/2024 6:43 AM, druck wrote:   
   >  > If you want 150 hours, you need to be looking at a backup generator,   
   >  > so your UPS only needs to last as long as it takes for your generator   
   >  > to fire up.   
   >  >   
   >  > That's usually a couple of minutes for professional diesel ones, but   
   >  > as its home setup it might take you a few minutes to connect it up and   
   >  > pull the starter cord on a cheap petrol one.   
   >  >   
   >  > It might then take a few more minutes to drain the tank of the sludge   
   >  > that used to be fuel last time you used it, and to run to the garage   
   >  > to get some fresh petrol.   
   >  >   
   >  > It might take a few more minutes if your spark plugs have been fouled   
   >  > as you didn't clean it after use, and your air filter has a hundred   
   >  > different types of bugs living it.   
   >  >   
   >  > So make sure the UPS lasts an hour or 2.   
   >  >   
   >  > Oh and once you've managed to get it going, and it's making a   
   >  > tremendous racket, just remember everyone else in the neighbourhood   
   >  > who is without power will be turning to look in your direction...   
   >   
   > I read this and feel first-world superiority for having last year   
   > installed a 14kW Generac system, powered by our municipal natural gas   
   > supply. In case of a power outage, it kicks in within about 10 seconds.   
   > When the grid comes back up, it syncs the AC to the grid before pulling   
   > the relay to reconnect. And every other Wednesday, it tests itself for   
   > 10 minutes, synchronizing before going off-grid as well as before going   
   > back on-grid.   
   > In case the muni gas is down, my electrician will come over and install   
   > the propane conversion kit. (I don't have a good place to keep propane   
   > tanks.)   
   >   
   > -- Lars   
      
   I think I will print a small nuclear reactor on my 3D printer and go off   
   grid entirely :-) :-)   
      
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   “Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of   
   a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.”   
      
   Dennis Miller   
      
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