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echo: rberrypi
to: MIKE SCOTT
from: VINCE COEN
date: 2019-06-19 16:17:00
subject: Small UPS

Hello Mike!

Wednesday June 19 2019 11:33, you wrote to Mick Manning:

 > On 18/06/2019 09:34, Mick Manning wrote:
 >> On 18 Jun 2019, Lew Pitcher said the following...
 >>
 >>   LP> Outside of the smarts, and the DC-AC converter, they seem to
 >> be capable
 >>   LP> of acting as a UPS for a Raspberry PI. Just plug the Pi into
 >> the battery
 >>   LP> pack's DC output port, and the wall wart into the battery
 >> pack's charger
 >>   LP> input port.
 >>
 >> What a GREAT idea. Thanks. :-)

 > On the down side, I've heard it said that some won't supply power
 > while they're charging themselves. I have no idea if that's true or
 > not, but it has rather put me off the idea :-{ Can anyone
 > confirm/refute this?

Thats one possible isse but the other is is the o/p from battery pack more 
than
enough for your Pi system including any extra cards (secondary boards) or
peripherals.


Vince

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