<div dir="ltr">I have a UPS, which basically starts beeping and gives me a window to properly save data and shut everything down. These days, with laptops, phones, and tablets that can run on batteries, it's less crucial. We lost power for five hours Wednesday night, but were able to watch the debate over cellular data and using my phone battery. It still had 36% battery life when the debate ended.<div><br></div><div><div>Towers and servers--they'll need more. But perhaps a few small UPS units might be more useful than one huge one, based on the comments you received? NOT an expert in this.</div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"></div><div>Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"</div><div>________________________________________________</div><div>Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger, </div><div>poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change</div><div>* First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified</div><div>* Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame</div><div>* Certified speaker: International Platform Association</div><div><a href="http://goingbeyondsustainability.com" target="_blank">http://goingbeyondsustainability.com</a> </div><div>mailto:<a href="mailto:shel@greenandprofitable.com" target="_blank">shel@greenandprofitable.com</a> 413-586-2388</div><div>Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books. </div><div>Latest:Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World </div><div>(co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson)</div><div><br></div><div>Watch my TEDx Talk,</div><div>"Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World"</div><div><a href="http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809</a> </div><div>(move your mouse to "event videos")</div><div>_________________________________________________</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:40 PM Aaron E-J via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Look at the amp hours of
the UPS you want to buy and multiply that by 120*4
(voltage*hours). Then find the max power used by the two machines
(usually found on the AC-DC converter on the back of PCs or the
power adapter for laptops) and make sure that is less than the USP
you want to buy. Another option is to look into getting solar
panels with a central battery system - a bit more of an investment
but could save you money in the long term by reducing energy
coming from the grid (or generate an income if you get enough
panels).</font><br>
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<div>With the recent outages, I'm looking at getting some
battery packs, portable rechargeable generator, and a UPS.</div>
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<div>What systems do you all have in place at home?</div>
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<div>For a rechargeable generator, looking at Jackery Portable
Power Station Explorer 240. Does anyone have any
other recommendations?</div>
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<div>For a UPS, I don't know where to start - I have two towers
now (work and home). <br>
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<li>Can I use one UPS for two machines? </li>
<li>Does a UPS provide power for more than a few minutes?</li>
<li>If not, what I would need to support a tower for about 4
hours? (or is that just not feasible without getting a
house generator?)</li>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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