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Old 31st January 2008 | 22:00
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Keef

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It's hard to judge how hard you're hitting your power supply. On "idle", it's pretty low. At other times, it'll get close to 100%. To be sure your batteries will hold out, I'd take 75% of the rated power of the power supply in the PC, plus 100% of the power consumption of the monitor, plus any other peripherals (printer, scanner...).

If you're using an inverter to convert the 12v to 230v, reckon on about 90% efficiency in that.

My guess would be that you're talking somewhere between 300 and 500 watts at 230 volts, so about 25 to 40-ish amps from the batteries. If your power outages are several hours at a time, that's a lot of amp-hours, so some very large batteries. Then, there's the question of how fast they will recharge when the power comes back on.

I'd be more inclined to go for a llittle generator. There are some very nifty little 1 kilowatt ones available for very reasonable prices. You then have the advantage of being able to have a lamp running too, so you can see what you are doing.
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