UPS Ideas ?
This could be for an RV where there have been posts about TV receivers etc getting knocked out by slow switching 120v power inputs. In this case it is in the stick house. I have jury-rigged somethin...
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happy2rv wrote:
Do the two things that need to be powered really need 120V or are they using "wall warts" to provide DC from 120V? Most routers and modems use 5-12VDC. If that's the case, I would consider a "DC UPS" Something like this or this Much more efficient than converting 12V to 120V to convert it back down to 5 or 12V. There are lots of similar battery banks available, just make sure they can be used while they are charging as some of them are meant just to be used as a portable phone charger and not while they are being charged.
The fibre line comes from the street to a "feeder" on the house, which is connected to a "media panel" inside that needs 120v, then the modem is plugged into that plus it needs 120v too. One of them has a regular plug and the other has a wall wart.
The phone company also hands you two extension modems that you can use farther into your house from the main modem if you need that. Those things need 120v power too, but we don't need UPS for them
