Power backup ideas

KenK · 2017-08-26T16:59:02+00:00

Yesterday my power was off for 7 hours. I survived. I thought maybe my setup would help others come up with ideas to protect themselves too. Of course there are generators, but they are quite expensive if your power outages are rare. I use a 12V deep discharge battery and a wall-wart trinkle charger. I have a little 12V oscillating fan and a small 12V flouresent light unit. So far this has worked well for me, even in the 90 degree + temperature inside yesterday. When you are old as I am the very heavy battery is hard to move around so plan its home and your usual power outage retreat to be close. Perhaps if you have no power backup you might consider something like this. The battery is by far the most expemsive item.

Aug 26, 2017 21 Replies

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KenK 8 years ago

trader_4 wrote in news:4ace162c-3255-492c-8710- snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

The charger is a Deltran Battery Tender Junior which you mentioned in another post.

The manual doesn't mention the voltage used for charging, that I can find, only the current (which I don't recall off-hand).

You say it is a well-respected bramd so I suppose I should stop worrying and let it do its thing.

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makolber 8 years ago

yep if its a smart charger, it might just be in the do nothing mode which is fine if the battery is charged.

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