re uninterruptible power supply in article nurden elaine ee und ac za nurden elaine ee und ac za dale nurden writes i m wanting to build a simple ups for my pc sustain the computer long enough to complete the current task and save to minutes should be enough i think though i don t really need to keep the monitor active i can try to remember what to do so maybe i can avoid a dc ac inverter and just use a battery to directly supply the motherboard and peripherals now there s a good idea all you need is amps dc for a few minutes and a good wetware memory was i using wp or autocad or i thought of the same idea myself a few days ago i ve got a fairly new car battery that i take along in my x when i go camping and it sits around useless when i m home i wish i could get a batteryless ups to use it with or use it with a heavy duty volt regulator to supply the pc but i guess you d need v and v and too more batteries an alternative would be to leave a amp battery charger hooked up to the battery and run a vdc to vac converter running all the time and when the power goes out voi la the vac converter keeps on running off the battery and then i could take the vac converter and my computer on the camping trips harry langenbacher harry neuron jpl mil jpl nasa gov fax concurrent processing devices group jet propulsion laboratory m s oak grove dr pasadena ca usa
