On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:45:22 GMT, (Malcolm Hoar)
wrote:



If they are 12 volts, you could take your car battery out and
temporarily hook it up to the UPS to see if it would work. Or string
together a bunch of flashlight batteries, preferably rechargeable.

Please do NOT try this unless you really know what you're
doing. And if you really knew what you were doing, you'd
know enough not to do this.

Which part, the car battery or the 8 flashlight batteries?

And why shouldn't you do it?

What would you have to know to know what you're doing?