Thread: UPS in series?
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Old March 10th 07, 11:14 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Ron Hardin Ron Hardin is offline
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Default UPS in series?

Has anybody tried getting longer run times from UPS's by plugging
one UPS into another?

Power goess off, the first UPS goes on batteries, and runs everything.
When it quits, the second UPS senses it and goes on batteries, and
runs the computer.

And so indefinitely if you add more UPSs to get more runtime.

It seems it me it would work except possibly :

(1)The UPSs might not like the non-sinewave output of the first UPS, and
(2)I don't know what kind of current they draw if they decide to
recharge their batteries from an outer UPS. (This would suggest it's
wise to unplug the outer UPS when the power goes off so nobody
tries to recharge.)
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