Hello Tom.

02 Sep 03 09:48, you wrote to me:

 TW> -> allow a backup while the other gets charged up.  They are extremely
 TW> good
 TW> -> batteries and if I keep everything to a minimum I think they should
 TW> run for
 TW> -> days, maybe even weeks, per charge.  That is the plan.

 TW> WEEKS, I hardly Think so. Rembember the rating on those UPS units is
 TW> typicaly for 15 Minutes.

That is exactly why I am not interested in them.  Same with laptops.  At
best all you will get out of one charge is measured in single digit hours. 
Lately I've noticed brand spanking new laptops where minutes is the norm
for measuring uptime.  I know with the gel battery and a minimalized unit I
can easily beat this by a factor measured in hundreds, or at least that is
what I am shooting for.  I managed to get a half-sized CPU board, 233MHz,
with 64M of RAM, and a PC/104 DC input power supply, running just as well
off DC as AC.  Absolutely no spinney thingies other then the CPU fan. I
freely admit that I never bothered letting it go the distance and find out
exactly what the distance is, but I have a better plan in the works so that
aspect can wait a spell.  I have confirmed to myself that the idea is
attainable.  First I want to rid myself of unneeded cables as much as
humanly possible.  This is extremely doable and I want to do it.  :-)

 TW>  You would have to Multipuly the Battery size
 TW> by a factor of One thousand Three hundred Forty Four to get Two
 TW> Weeks.

Do you wish to place a wager?

 TW> That is a good sized battery bank. They are availble but Do you have
 TW> the Room and can you Afford them.

The particular batteries I have are the size and weight of a typical car
battery but approximately four times the price and I would guesstimate at
least four times better.  I figure two is all I need for this idea.

Maurice

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