It isn't.
Do you have any real world observations to prove that it doesn't hurt the battery?
Only my own personal experience.
Yes
Interesting...
I'd say they don't really care as long as it outlasts the warranty. On the other tentacle, you _should_ be able to fully charge it and leave it for a year, no?
We use UPS at customer's houses to keep their phone service working in the event of a power outage. Back in the days of copper we only had to fire up a generator at the CO and everyone's dial tone would continue uninterrupted. Now, in the days of fiber, the backup power has to go at the CO as well as at the customer's premisis. Lead acid varieties of UPS do not seem to last more than a few years on average. It would be great to find a good LFP solution.
Here we go again. First investigate the specs of the UPS before throwing money at it. Most have a garbage stepped-wave output that your protected electronics will hate. Additionally the H-bridge is designed to overheat just as the standard battery runs out of power. Adding expanded batteries will not extend the runtime. Even if you run at a fraction of the rated power, the internal timer may ignore the battery voltage and shutdown the UPS anyway.
Yep these things are all possible. In the case of my Cyberpower 1500, it's a pure sine wave model. I saw it had a temp sensor on the output transformer and a fan that ran when inverting. Then I tested the bigger battery while keeping a close eye on it. At a mere 10% load it didn't generate much heat. The estimate of time remaining was comically bad for the whole 4 hour runtime but in the end it only cared about going until it hit the low voltage cutoff.
Most but not all are bad. Love my APC “XL” models that are pure sine, low-frequency for starting motors, rated for continuous operation and have external battery connectors. Getting difficult to find nowadays. Downside they are heavy, loud and not very efficient at low loading.
I do for sure like the idea of what you are talking about here and I absolutely see the value of the added functionality, but honestly I'm more interested in a nice, neat little package that can sit near my TV and PS5 so in the event of a power outage I can safely power down the PS5. The unit I have now does that, but just barely and the battery in it is about done. About once every month or two, for some reason unknown to me, it will just randomly start squealing like it is dying. I have enough time to power down the PS5 and the TV, then unplug the UPS from the wall and do a hard reboot on it and it is good for another month or three.
So buy another one for $60 and you’re done. Honestly a large fraction of the time I change the battery that wasn’t the problem, so I buy the battery and then buy a new UPS.
Yeah, for sure, that is an option. I was really hoping to find a good solution using LFP for better longevity so I am not needing to replace this every year or two!So buy another one for $60 and you’re done. Honestly a large fraction of the time I change the battery that wasn’t the problem, so I buy the battery and then buy a new UPS.
