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Do-it-yourself UPS

Posted by michael on from the shocking-experience dept.

Giampiero writes "Over at dansdata.com some guy named Dan creates a UPS out of some spare parts. To sum it up, "if you're looking for an industrial-capacity UPS solution, and don't like the prices of the off-the-peg options, it might be easier than you think to roll your own."" Of course you can mentally substitute U.S. 110 volts for Australian 220 volts wherever necessary...

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  1. Realistically by r_j_prahad · · Score: 1, Troll

    I live where there are a lot of storms and blackouts. Most of us aren't concerned with an UPS when shit happens that takes out our power. We're looking for candles, culverts, and the closest basement. We're filling our bathtubs with water because when we lose power, our water company does too. We're throwing first aid supplies in the back of a 4WD truck, not fucking around on the Internet. We're searching for loved ones, not URLs. I don't care if my PC suffers an unrecoverable crash as much as I care that my children are OK.

    Get a life, people.

  2. Mr. Mom... by dman123 · · Score: 0, Troll

    220, 221... whatever it takes.

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