[Soekris] Lightweight UPS

[Joel Jaeggli]

Bill Maas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> here's a question that's been in my mind for a while now: is there some
> widely available toy or other mass-produced item that happens to have an
> excellent loader and batteries which can easily be ripped out and could
> serve as a lightweight UPS for my 2 Soekris boxes? Must be able to feed
> while loading of course. All available UPS systems seem to be in the kW
> range. One of the reasons why I run these Soekris boxes is their 3-10 W
> power consumption, so kW's are way out of range, as are the prices of
> these things. [Links to] loader/feeder circuit diagrams also welcome.

12 volt battery

charge controller

breaker

all electronics corp is probably a good place to start... in fact:

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/BC-80/search/2_AMP_%22#34;SMART%22#34;_BATTERY_CHARGER___MAINTAINER_.html

looks promising

> 
> Bill
>