Jimbo wrote:
1. Never a stupid question. It is smart to ask!

A UPS is "Un-interrupted Power Supply" - e.g. battery backup wall plug.
The battery drives an inverter that then drives the load that is plugged in.
It also has a high level of line interference and line hit protection.

I have two in this room that I sit in now. Two computers and two printers
and two monitors.

The one on this system has 37 minutes it can handle the load and keep up.
That also means that I have xx minutes or more to fire up a shaver, a radio
whatever I want when the power is out. Mountain house so it happens here.

I have my TV, DVD, Tape deck, DVDBurner, PDA all plugged into a protected
socket(s) - not battery backed up ones. They protect from voltage spiking
that occurs on the power line almost every day - everywhere!

Martin
This may be astupid question but what's a UPS

Jimbo
"Greg M" wrote in message
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to the thread


That's why I have * 2 * UPSes. G

Actually I have my answering machine on one of them.

I don't know what you're doin' but that oughta solve the problem.

- "Jimbo" . - spluttered in
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Barry:

I have been researching the same thing for almost a year and all the
info I can find says the quality just isn't there to run sensitive
equipment. From everthing I have read if you need clean power to run
the more sensitive newer appliance/computers etc. you need a good
quality inverter style generator. I'm sure there are some good
quality very expensive construction grade engine driven welders out
there that would do the job nicely but they are out of my price range.

I have an old Miller Big 20 engine welder with a single outlet and a
Coleman 5000 watt generator and I was looking to replace them with one
single unit but look s like it's not that easy if clean power is
required.


Jimbo


"Barry S." wrote in message
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Has anyone hooked up an oscilloscope to the AC outlets of an engine
driven welder? How clean is the output? Could you run a computer,
radio, television, or laser printer off it?





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