If you plan on using a car type battery in your home,an Optima battery
might be best.Especially if an Optima battery will last much longer
than
a regular wet cell car type battery.
cuhulin

I appreciate this, and it might be OK in the garage, but I don't think
my lady would care much for an unsealed wet-cell battery of any kind in
the house. I think I'll look for the sealed kind.

BJ

Most women (if they knew the truth about wet cell car type batteries)
won't put up with car type batteries in their homes.Especially if those
battery fumes and battery acid ruins their expensive clothes.
cuhulin

Dear Bruce,

I own a Century Electri-pac Model BPIP-99 (Portable Electric Power -
Cordless and Rechargeable) which meets all your requirements. I bought
it several years ago from THE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE catalog ($75.00 at the
time). I do not know if this model is still available, but you could
investigate. Similar items are available at THE PEP BOYS.

In fact I have powered my AOR AR7030 Plus and my Wellbrook ALA 330S
from this unit. Everything worked fine.

Best,

Joe

Most auto parts stores and truck and marine supply/parts stores sell
Portable Electric Power units.Check out the pawn shops too,you might
find a good deal there.Looking in my November 2005 issue of Popular
Science magazine I see a two page ad for Black & Decker Portable Power
Solutions.The ad says Wal Mart stores sells them and there is a website
to check out www.vectormfg.com
cuhulin

On 2005-10-28 14:33:26 -0400, said:

www.devilfinder.com Information about Gel Cell Batteries and Gel
Cell Battery Chargers

Some information there at that good old devilfinder.com search.
cuhulin

Look into AGM batteries, they are made for inside use and are spill
proof as well.

Don't use car batteries, they are not made for the kind of ap he's looking for.


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PCs, like air-conditioners, are useless when you open Windows.

I have to agree.Regular car type batteries should not be used inside a
home,to dangerous.
cuhulin

In article . com,
bpnjensen wrote:
Hi, folks - I would like to try running my Icom R-75 at home from a 12
- 13.8 volt cell or battery. The requirements would be that the cell
would be able to recharge from 115v AC during the radio's off time, and
that while the radio is turned on, the battery would be electrically
disconnected from the wall AC. It does not matter to me whether this
connect / disconnect is manual or automatic.

My cure for the power outage blues was to go buy a "Jump Start Power Pack"
in the automotive section of the local Target store. This is a 19 Amp
Hour Gel cell in a plastic case with a built in volt meter and jumper
cables, and a "cigarette lighter" power jack on the front. It uses a
seperate wall wart for the charger. It was on sale at about half the
one off catalog price of a similar sized gel battery. $35, as I remember.

They're a standard item in automotive stores and big box discount
stores. Some even have built in 120 volt AC "inverters" built in.
Vector, Coleman (the camping equipment people), and many others
"make" them. (Well, import them from China).

The power hasn't gone out since, but I've used it to start the car
several times.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

Joe wrote:

I own a Century Electri-pac Model BPIP-99 (Portable Electric Power -
Cordless and Rechargeable) which meets all your requirements. I bought
it several years ago from THE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE catalog ($75.00 at the
time). I do not know if this model is still available, but you could
investigate. Similar items are available at THE PEP BOYS.

In fact I have powered my AOR AR7030 Plus and my Wellbrook ALA 330S
from this unit. Everything worked fine.

This sounds promising - nothing like simple and effective! I will stop
at a Pep Boys and look into this type of thing.

Do you recall, offhand, what the amp-hour rating is, and how long it
takes to do a full recharge?

Thanks,
Bruce

Hi Joe...

I'm curious, do you find that the inverter generates noise, as
suggests it would?

Joe Analssandrini wrote:
Dear Bruce,

I own a Century Electri-pac Model BPIP-99 (Portable Electric Power -
Cordless and Rechargeable) which meets all your requirements. I bought
it several years ago from THE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE catalog ($75.00 at the
time). I do not know if this model is still available, but you could
investigate. Similar items are available at THE PEP BOYS.

In fact I have powered my AOR AR7030 Plus and my Wellbrook ALA 330S
from this unit. Everything worked fine.

Best,

Joe

On 29 Oct 2005 20:24:26 -0700, "junius" wrote:

Hi Joe...

I'm curious, do you find that the inverter generates noise, as
suggests it would?

I'm not Joe however I have use radios in the vicinity of [inexpensive]
inverters and have found them to be very effective noise generators.

Joe Analssandrini wrote:
Dear Bruce,

I own a Century Electri-pac Model BPIP-99 (Portable Electric Power -
Cordless and Rechargeable) which meets all your requirements. I bought
it several years ago from THE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE catalog ($75.00 at the
time). I do not know if this model is still available, but you could
investigate. Similar items are available at THE PEP BOYS.

In fact I have powered my AOR AR7030 Plus and my Wellbrook ALA 330S
from this unit. Everything worked fine.

Best,

Joe