On 26.1.18 00:13, James Harris wrote:
> I was looking for a basic UPS which would allow a Pi to keep running for
> a few minutes if power were lost or while the Pi was being transferred
> from one mains socket to another. Ideally, it would tell the OS to shut
> down, if necessary, and would restart the machine when the mains came
> back online.
>
> Well, I came across the following one which looks excellent. It seems to
> do all I wanted and the battery can be upgraded to give longer life.
>
> https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/power-1051/ups-boards-1051/ups-pico
>
> Any opinions on it? And as it is out of stock at the moment, would you
> recommend any similar UPS?
>
>
>
> Some of the description:
>
> The UPS PIco will automatically shut-down your Raspberry Pi if there is
> a power failure, and can be set to automatically monitor and reboot your
> Pi once power has been restored!
>
> When the cable power on the Raspberry Pi is absent, insufficient, or the
> device detects a power failure, the UPS Pico automatically switches to
> the unit’s battery source. The module then continues to check the
> voltage on the Pi and switches automatically back to the regular cable
> supply when power is once again available.
>
> The UPS PIco is powered and the battery pack intelligently charged via
> the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi, so no additional cabling or power
> supply is required.


Did you read the page you linked to?

It states bigger batteries as accessories.

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