At least that is what I think I am looking to build...
I need to make sure that my servers and networking equipment stay on during power loss or power fluctuation. This happens about once a month where I live, and causes me whole lot of grief.
UPS does not seem economical.
So I started scouting inverters on eBay and figured that if I can put the following 3 pieces together and some automatic power source switching I should do well.
For this project I have:
3 car (12V) batteries
Car battery charger
[will buy] 1000-2000 continuous power inverter(s)
I also have a [POS] 700VA APC UPS that I cary in my trunk in case I need a [very short] boost to my mobile electronics. I prefer to keep it in my trunk, but am debating on sacrificing it if necessary.
Basically this is what I want to happen:
My P4 servers ATX (2), my 2U Cisco switches (2) my 2U routers (2), my DSL modem need to automatically switch to battery power when the lights go off, or any sort of power fluctuation happen (including surges of course).
I'm relatively new to these things, but love to get my hands dirty, please give me some ideas!
This is my first post btw, and it is good to be here! Hi everyone!
I need to make sure that my servers and networking equipment stay on during power loss or power fluctuation. This happens about once a month where I live, and causes me whole lot of grief.
UPS does not seem economical.
So I started scouting inverters on eBay and figured that if I can put the following 3 pieces together and some automatic power source switching I should do well.
For this project I have:
3 car (12V) batteries
Car battery charger
[will buy] 1000-2000 continuous power inverter(s)
I also have a [POS] 700VA APC UPS that I cary in my trunk in case I need a [very short] boost to my mobile electronics. I prefer to keep it in my trunk, but am debating on sacrificing it if necessary.
Basically this is what I want to happen:
My P4 servers ATX (2), my 2U Cisco switches (2) my 2U routers (2), my DSL modem need to automatically switch to battery power when the lights go off, or any sort of power fluctuation happen (including surges of course).
I'm relatively new to these things, but love to get my hands dirty, please give me some ideas!
This is my first post btw, and it is good to be here! Hi everyone!
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