{"items": [{"author": "Christopher", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956412309942", "anchor": "fb-956412309942", "service": "fb", "text": "are power outages a big problem? It seems for the amount of time/money you have put into setting up back up options and how rare I imagine power outages to be, moving into a cheap hotel for a few days if/when a serious power outage occurs would be more cost effective and less hassle.", "timestamp": "1535285905"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956412309942&reply_comment_id=956436785892", "anchor": "fb-956412309942_956436785892", "service": "fb", "text": "→ A cheap hotel doesn't work if everyone in town wants one at once", "timestamp": "1535296701"}, {"author": "Christopher", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956412309942&reply_comment_id=956437180102", "anchor": "fb-956412309942_956437180102", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman , sure, but what is the likelihood of this scenario happening in the first place? You live in a major metropolis, not a mountain town where you might get cut off for days or weeks.", "timestamp": "1535296989"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956412309942&reply_comment_id=956444984462", "anchor": "fb-956412309942_956444984462", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Christopher I think a ~3d power outage in winter is likely enough to plan for", "timestamp": "1535301742"}, {"author": "Don", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956429959572", "anchor": "fb-956429959572", "service": "fb", "text": "That explains it. I'd wondered about your expected run time, as our UPS has been a very finite resource serving a much more limited equipment load.", "timestamp": "1535294814"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956429959572&reply_comment_id=956436840782", "anchor": "fb-956429959572_956436840782", "service": "fb", "text": "→ A UPS typically has a much smaller battery; what's yours?", "timestamp": "1535296758"}, {"author": "Don", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956429959572&reply_comment_id=956443657122", "anchor": "fb-956429959572_956443657122", "service": "fb", "text": "→ We have two, a 900 and a 1500VA. I use the 900 as an emergency lighting power source in case of outage (LED string lights) and the 1500 covers my old desktop and central network devices (cable modem, router, switch, VoIP ATA). I replaced the battery in the 900 due to diminishing capacity a couple of years ago and the 1500 is probably getting there too (~5 years old at this point). We seem to have 1-2 major outages a year and it's not unusual for us to get a brief <1 minute outage or other power event ~every month or two. The 1500 keeps the central gear up for 1-2 hours it seems now (when new, I could run my desktop for an extended period before shutting down but that's not the case anymore).", "timestamp": "1535300779"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956429959572&reply_comment_id=956445987452", "anchor": "fb-956429959572_956445987452", "service": "fb", "text": "→ The VA rating is basically Watts, but we care about Watt-hours. Different units with the same VA rating can have wildly different runtimes.", "timestamp": "1535302258"}, {"author": "Don", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956429959572&reply_comment_id=956454600192", "anchor": "fb-956429959572_956454600192", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I was just being too lazy to dismantle. The 900 unit has a 12v 12Ah AGM (my replacement installed) and the 1500 says is factory supplied w/a 12v 8.5Ah (that one is in a nest of equipment I'm not tackling now). So the 900 has ~1/8 the capacity of your battery.", "timestamp": "1535306731"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/956411321922?comment_id=956533811452", "anchor": "fb-956533811452", "service": "fb", "text": "What's the need for the inverter?  Just hook up the battery to a big resistor of the appropriate rating no need for DC...that's what space heaters are.  It may not run your central heating with it's fancy circulation pumps but it's a backup akin to having a fireplace and being localizable might require less total juice.", "timestamp": "1535358769"}]}