APC 1500 S uses, 24V 9,4Ah battery. To cheaply extend UPS time, you can get huge lifepo4 battery, suitable charger and a true sine power inverter. When the power goes out, pull ups plug from the wall and connect UPS to Inverter. If you really want you can make this setup work for days, not hours. If you get a 24V 100Ah or 200Ah battery, using the same load it will last you 10 or 20 times longer than your APC 1500 S. Cheaper UPS models, might have crappy square wave, but almost any diecent budget inverter has pure sine wave, the same or often times better then comes out of the wall.
Yeah not a lot of battery in this thing. For about 200 more I would have a 12v 100ah lifpo4 , a cheap inverter and charger and be able to run that setup all day.
Couple years ago our power outage would last 1 - 2 h. Now since 2 winters ago, they are lasting from 2-3 days lol. Now I got 2 cyberpower battery backup and I am thinking of getting/DIY those 12V power box Emergency Backup Power Pack.
I think its a very interesting idea to daisy chain the ups. This way the internet connection is prioritized automatically. One thing I didn't understand : why is it important that the ups connected to the wall be a model that supports sine wave?
Sine wave “tricks” the second UPS into thinking it’s still connected to AC power from the wall outlet, meaning it can’t tell the difference. So when the power goes out, it doesn’t go into battery mode until the first UPS exhausts its battery capacity.
@@TechWinnerCC I didn't think that the 2nd ups required a perfect sine wave. I thought that as long as power was coming it would not switch to battery power.
@@pcphoenix123sine wave is what comes from the wall, so if your ups 1 does not mimic that signal sufficiently, ups will sense it’s no longer connected to stable wall power and switch to battery also
Donnie enjoyed your video very much and have a question. Could I possibly plug my ring base station into this unit to use as a battery pack up and if so I’m assuming that once the power is restored everything goes back to normal ? Thanks for your videos and your help
George! It’s been a while since I’ve heard from you, hope you’re doing well! Yes, you could absolutely do that. And once the power goes back to normal, everything goes back to normal. UPSs of this size take anywhere from about 16-24 hours to return to full charge after being depleted during an outage.
Thanks for getting back to me Donnie I appreciate all your help. So it would be wise to plug both my base station and my router into this device. Also Donnie how long would this backup charger last with the two items plugged in. And I hope all is well with you
12 core cpu, 4080 & 1,200 watt psu. What ups would you recommend. My work was trowing some ups's cause the battery was dead, I got some batteries but the ups keeps beeping. Using a Apc be750g now , it doesn't beep when idle but when doing a stress test or playing games, it beeps like crazy.
APC 1500 S uses, 24V 9,4Ah battery.
To cheaply extend UPS time, you can get huge lifepo4 battery, suitable charger and a true sine power inverter. When the power goes out, pull ups plug from the wall and connect UPS to Inverter. If you really want you can make this setup work for days, not hours. If you get a 24V 100Ah or 200Ah battery, using the same load it will last you 10 or 20 times longer than your APC 1500 S.
Cheaper UPS models, might have crappy square wave, but almost any diecent budget inverter has pure sine wave, the same or often times better then comes out of the wall.
Yeah not a lot of battery in this thing. For about 200 more I would have a 12v 100ah lifpo4 , a cheap inverter and charger and be able to run that setup all day.
Couple years ago our power outage would last 1 - 2 h. Now since 2 winters ago, they are lasting from 2-3 days lol. Now I got 2 cyberpower battery backup and I am thinking of getting/DIY those 12V power box Emergency Backup Power Pack.
which one do you have?
I think its a very interesting idea to daisy chain the ups. This way the internet connection is prioritized automatically. One thing I didn't understand : why is it important that the ups connected to the wall be a model that supports sine wave?
Sine wave “tricks” the second UPS into thinking it’s still connected to AC power from the wall outlet, meaning it can’t tell the difference. So when the power goes out, it doesn’t go into battery mode until the first UPS exhausts its battery capacity.
@@TechWinnerCC I didn't think that the 2nd ups required a perfect sine wave. I thought that as long as power was coming it would not switch to battery power.
@@pcphoenix123sine wave is what comes from the wall, so if your ups 1 does not mimic that signal sufficiently, ups will sense it’s no longer connected to stable wall power and switch to battery also
If I just had a modem plugged in about how long would the backup last?
Donnie enjoyed your video very much and have a question. Could I possibly plug my ring base station into this unit to use as a battery pack up and if so I’m assuming that once the power is restored everything goes back to normal ? Thanks for your videos and your help
George! It’s been a while since I’ve heard from you, hope you’re doing well! Yes, you could absolutely do that. And once the power goes back to normal, everything goes back to normal. UPSs of this size take anywhere from about 16-24 hours to return to full charge after being depleted during an outage.
For those that care to know, George was a very early subscriber. I appreciate you!
Thanks for getting back to me Donnie I appreciate all your help. So it would be wise to plug both my base station and my router into this device. Also Donnie how long would this backup charger last with the two items plugged in. And I hope all is well with you
It’s hard to say how long, because it depends on how much capacity the UPS has and how much power the things plugged in to it are drawing.
@@TechWinnerCC thanks Donnie for all your help
APC at this price point are stepped sine waves.
12 core cpu, 4080 & 1,200 watt psu. What ups would you recommend. My work was trowing some ups's cause the battery was dead, I got some batteries but the ups keeps beeping. Using a Apc be750g now , it doesn't beep when idle but when doing a stress test or playing games, it beeps like crazy.
Better off just getting ups with a larger battery or external battery addin, why the effort of daisy chaining
Best video, thank for the info..