Computer Battery Backup ?

[Timothy]

when your doing what ammounts to square panels with "tabs"  its faster to do dircet coding then work with a program like solid works.  Atleast it was for me.   Now diffrent shapes is another matter.

Yes, it's not much different with laser, waterjet or plasma cutting.  Absolute X/Y, G-code input is pretty basic stuff.

[Solus]

Bill, do you intend to shut down your system when the power goes out?

What you might want to do is pull the wall plug with everything you have attached running and see how log it provides power.

That way you will know how long you have before you should consider shutting down.

Also, if it does not give you the up time you want, consider removing some of the gear.

Take care.

[Pecos Bill]

My experience is that most consumer grade UPS units have replaceable sealed lead acid batteries. It can be a pain but it's not difficult. I've done it a couple times. They also have a battery warning alarm to let you know when the battery is going bad not a great thing but helpful.

Pecos

[billt]

Bill, do you intend to shut down your system when the power goes out?

I was going to, but then the power came back on. It said on the box how long it was supposed to provide power for, but I forgot. The unit is a couple of years old. I may pull the plug and time it. The first thing I did was turn off the speakers. My keyboard is also back lit with LED's on all the keys. That also has a switch on the keyboard I turned off as well to save juice. All total the power was only off for about 3 minutes.