UPS Hacking in Hurricane Season?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday September 1, 2004 @01:30PM from the changes-for-extra-survivability dept.

kengreenebaum asks: "Perhaps not the most exciting of topic; however it is storm season and I have a couple of UPS's that need new batteries. What is the best source for high quality, long lived replacement batteries for these devices? I assume it takes a special chemistry to survive continuous trickle charging and an occasional deep cycle. Has anybody tried connecting larger capacity batteries external to the UPS enclosure to attempt longer run times? (Obviously the load capacity is based on the inverter itself and can't easily be modified) Also what software do you use for monitoring and automatic shutdown on Linux? I have collected quite a few APC and Belkin UPS's 700VA or smaller as they go on rebate/sale."

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Just move by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-01 14:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Rather than figuring out how to make a hurricane survivable UPS, why not just move out of hurricane terroritory? The country is a HUGE place and scarcely any of it is actually populated. There's not really any need for living in the heart of hurricane land where you're sure to get fucked up two or three times a year.