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What parts to salvage/sell from a UPS?
Ignoramus18142 wrote:
I have three UPSes: 1. Clary OnGuard 3 phase 5 kVa UPS, no batteries 2. Clary OnGuard 1 phase 5 kVa UPS, no batteries 3. Ferrups 3.0 kVa inline model UPS (no outlets), no batteries All are working. I would like to demolish these UPSes, take out what I can sell and auction these parts on ebay. I recently demolished an even bigger Data General UPS (about 8 kW) and sold the capacitors from it for $75. The rest is a big pile of unidentifiable parts. Some look like huge diodes and transistors. I am afraid that some of those parts have value that I would have hard times capturing (maybe I took apart a large and usable rectifier, for example), so, I do not want to make the same mistake again. I would like to know which parts of those UPSes are really desirable. Capacitors? Rectifiers? Anything else? Any thoughts on this will be appreciated. I will use this as an opportunity to learn about electronics. Thanks! i Think first. These with no batteries likely have various input voltage taps. They likely provide various output voltages. Can they be used to provide the correct voltage to a high voltage motor that is cheap ? Convert farm like 2 phase into 3 phase on the output ? Understand what is possible before scrapping. The transformers might be most useful in the prior concepts. The inverter might be to custom. Martin -- Martin Eastburn, Barbara Eastburn @ home at Lion's Lair with our computer NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder |
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Ignoramus18142 wrote: I have three UPSes: 1. Clary OnGuard 3 phase 5 kVa UPS, no batteries 2. Clary OnGuard 1 phase 5 kVa UPS, no batteries 3. Ferrups 3.0 kVa inline model UPS (no outlets), no batteries All are working. I would like to demolish these UPSes, take out what I can sell and auction these parts on ebay. I recently demolished an even bigger Data General UPS (about 8 kW) and sold the capacitors from it for $75. The rest is a big pile of unidentifiable parts. Some look like huge diodes and transistors. I am afraid that some of those parts have value that I would have hard times capturing (maybe I took apart a large and usable rectifier, for example), so, I do not want to make the same mistake again. I would like to know which parts of those UPSes are really desirable. Capacitors? Rectifiers? Anything else? Any thoughts on this will be appreciated. I will use this as an opportunity to learn about electronics. Thanks! i Do you ever find 12v dc power supplies through those government auctions? I am looking for about a 20 amp one. |
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On 8 Feb 2005 07:42:34 -0800, wrote:
Do you ever find 12v dc power supplies through those government auctions? I am looking for about a 20 amp one. www.recomp.tv They have a bunch of powersupplies, including a number suitable for plating and so forth. Ask for Ed Cisneros. Tell him Gunner referred you. Gunner " We have all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare...Thanks to AOL and WebTv, we know this is not possible." |
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I need 13.8 volts dc for a 50 watt ham radio and maybe a 5 watt cp
radio. What would i need, 20 amps? What amperage would you have? What would you want for them? |
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