I am probably being naive but there are LiPo 12v car batteries now, full sine wave inverters, and battery management units. Run off the battery, and keep it topped up from the charger (even solar). Buy the pieces, some assembly required. I am sure there is at least one YouTube video on the topic. ;)
On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 9:35 PM Bryan Vyhmeister <br...@bsdjournal.net> wrote: > I bought an Anker SOLIX F3800 with extra battery but the transfer time > is a little too long so all my equipment reboots when it switches to > battery. That's really not ideal and can be a problem for these "Power > Stations." I did buy the Anker SOLIX Home Power Panel which is an > automatic transfer switch and have yet to install that which might > improve the situation but I wanted to mention the issue since it is a > common one. > > Bryan > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 01:21:25PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > Spendy buggers! > > > > I suspect a "power station" is just a renamed UPS with $300 added to the > price! > > > > Ted > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: PLUG <plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Tomas Kuchta > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 12:45 PM > > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug@lists.pdxlinux.org> > > Subject: [PLUG] Li-Po power station as ups > > > > Bunch of times we discussed not lead acid UPS options. > > > > I came across this test site looking at the topic and testing some of > the power stations as UPS. > > > > > https://www.storagereview.com/review/portable-power-stations-actually-work-pretty-well-as-a-ups > > > > This looks like a real option when my lead acid batteries go south. > > > > Hope it is useful, > > Tomas > > >
