PowerBright Power Inverter ?????

[Dallas]

Ron,

Yeah, the UPS is an inverter. It will run for as long as it has battery power supplied to it. (and like Richard said... make sure it's an online model, or run it directly from 12v without attaching it to AC power).

We took an old one a few years ogo that had a bad battery in it and just hooked the 12V wires into our house bank. It supplied enough power to run all the electronics in the bus with no problem.
That particular UPS was junk found in a computer shop we had. The charging function didn't work but the inverter side was great.

As cheap as I am, I would look at yard sales and Goodwill for an old one since normally what I've found that goes wrong with them is that the battery dies of old age and mistreatment.

Another good point to them is that many are programmable with free software downloads from the internet and you can hook your computer to them with a USB or serial port cable. It's amazing the information you can get from the software functions. Just like the high dollar battery monitors!

Dallas

[captain ron]

How about this one? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8020982&st=ups&type=product&id=1156607168057

[captain ron]

I looked up ONLINE ups systems and they are very expensive.  What all functions can I do with the usb models?

[Dallas]

Ron,
Do a google search for UPS software, or look at Eaton's website for Powerware, I think it's www.powerware.com or another Eaton site is:

http://www.eatonelectrical.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=C-H/Common/AssetTemplateLink&c=Apubarticles&cid=1081447355755&Sec=products


here's a screen shot of Winpower 2004.

[captain ron]

Guy's take a look at this one and tell me if it would be a good choice.
Dallas, That program would be very nice to have. Give me more info on hooking it up directly to my house batteries.

[jjrbus]

 How about trying a different printer? I have a bottom of the line, Lexmark Z515 that works just fine on modified sinewave.

[Dallas]

Ron,

the easiest way to hook it up is to disconnect the internal battery, (Which is many times just a deep cycle AGM), and hook into your house system with the positive and negative from the UPS.

In effect, all you are doing is swapping the little battery for the house system.

♪♫♪ *Oh, the electron's connected to the ... Pro-ton,

The Pro-ton's connected to the Neu-tron.......♪♫♪

*Sung to the tune of "Dem Bones"

[captain ron]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8020982&st=ups&type=product&id=1156607168057

Forgot to paste this.

I have a top of the line printer, well at one time it was close, Ok it was the best I could afford back then. My printer is a copier, scanner, fax,  media card reader and printer. Hate to give it up. Plus I built a roll out drawer for it that holds it perfectly along with my Sony DVD recorder.

[DrivingMissLazy]

Capt. Ron,
I would check on at least three things before you buy:

1. Harmonic Distortion. Under 6% should be be great. Many of the cheapo UPS inverters are modified square wave, not sine wave. You need to try and check it out with your printer before you firmly commit to purchase.

2. DC bus voltage. What is the actual battery voltage in the UPS. Is it 12 volts, 24 volts, 48 volts or possibly 100 volts. The DC bus voltage needs to be the same as the DC bus in your coach that you are going to connecting to.

3. What is the duty cycle of the inverter in the UPS? They are typically designed for intermittent duty such as maybe one hour out of 24. May not have enough internal cooling to operate 24/7.

There is a lot of junk on the market and I would hate to have you get stuck with some of the things I have seen in my 40 years working in the computer power business.
Richard

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8020982&st=ups&type=product&id=1156607168057

Forgot to paste this.

I have a top of the line printer, well at one time it was close, Ok it was the best I could afford back then. My printer is a copier, scanner, fax,  media card reader and printer. Hate to give it up. Plus I built a roll out drawer for it that holds it perfectly along with my Sony DVD recorder.

[captain ron]

The main reason for this is my printer as I have not had trouble with anything else so it would only be used for a short time each use.