[Boatanchors] off-topic: Batteries for a UPS

[brian goldsmith]

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From: Ron Hunsicker

Hi all:

Since some of you likely run remote locations with batteries, I thought 
that you might have a ready answer for this (off-topic) question:

The batteries in my UPS have died.

Rather than replace the pair of internal batteries, is it possible to 
use a rather larger battery that I install behind the UPS?

Hopefully, I will have much more run time for my computer if the utility 
power is interrupted for a many fewer $$ than a dedicated UPS with a 
larger capacity.


Are there any other concerns?


****** Make absolutely sure that the design of the UPS totally isolates the
AC output from the existing battery,some units are AC hot at the battery
terminals.

Brian Goldsmith