[Soekris] long-run DC UPS

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <7CEC38DB-FCDE-4AAE-9C6A-4644734F00F5 at adam.gs>, Adam Jacob Muller wr
ites:
>Anyone have any experience with any off-the-shelf of home-built long- 
>run DC (I assume we don't want AC->DC->AC->DC here for long-run) UPS  
>system.
>
>I'm looking for something that can run a simple 5501 (no HD or  
>anything hugely power-consuming -- perhaps an extra ethernet card),  
>but, I am looking for run time in the range of 24-48 hours.
>This is obviously far beyond what any conventional AC ups can  
>provide. Anyone know of such a beast?

"battery backed power supplies" used for fire and buglar alarms are
perfect for this.

And these guys sell the innards:

	http://www.ibexmfg.com/

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