On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, John Hasler wrote: > Alvin Oga writes: > > and keep your car battery outdoors, not indoors ... > > Not necessary (though you may want to keep it in a plastic container.)
the other kinds of batteries is the "gel-cell" ( same type as the commerical ups ) but cheaper and more amp-hrs or sealed motorcycle batteries > > and do not light a cigaratte near the car battery in a closed enviroment > > You _might_ get a bang if you stick a spark igniter inside a cell while the > battery is being heavily overcharged. :-) > Are you going to keep the battery in a hermetically sealed room? If not, > don't worry about explosions. or long term effects of itty-bitty amts of sulfuric acid on your lungs ---- 10hrs of uptime at $100 car battery + charger vs not-really-availble-commercial-ups of the same "uptime" w/o 110vac is the considerations - you probably cannot take a car battery into a commercial colo either as its considered toxics, so you're moving your colo'd machines to your garage eh ?? c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]