No power for 8 hours!

[GTP]

I can't believe you'd go walking around at night in the dark with these guys out there roaming around...

 

[GTP]

That probably depends on how big of a generator you got and if you shared a line or two.

To run everything would require a 7~8kVA unit. That would make a lot of noise in a residential area.

 

[Markverhyden]

Yes, and the other twelve it brought down with it!

LOL!!! Can see a second in the background. Someone had a windfall at your expense.

 

[Markverhyden]

Wow! I have one client that insisted on getting two large rack mount battery backups. He insisted on daisy chaining them together. I had just never seen that before so I contacted the manufacturer and tech support was like "yeah... I guess you could do that." So I think he gets something like 8 hours of run time. Not sure what good that would do when the internet connection is down as well as the rest of the power in the shop...

I've installed several rack mount APC units that basically have that feature. One can daisy chain multiple battery expansion units to the core.

 

[GTP]

There are worse things to have happen than 8 hours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1998_North_American_ice_storm

I thought we had a hard time!
You forget that others get it too!

 

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[Diggs]

To run everything would require a 7~8kVA unit. That would make a lot of noise in a residential area.

Actually not. If you've ever walked through a remote campground where some of the residents are running generators, Honda has generators that are almost silent. The air-conditioners on the campers were making more noise than the Honda generators. We were blown away. We didn't think they were even running at first and were trying to figure out where the power was coming from. I've also seen conventional "noisy" generators at public events arranged with hay bails on three sides that make them very quiet, but not like the Hondas we saw.

 

[allanc]

Finding a UPS that will last up to 8 hrs might be a stretch!
My UPS runs 2 laptops for about 2 hrs.
Or 1 Desktop and monitor for about 15-20 minutes.
Would love to have a backup generator but I think the neighbours would complain!

If you really needed 8 hours of battery backup ...
There is the 'XL' model line of UPS from APC that allows you to daisy chain battery packs together.
You will have to check whether it is available in Australia.

 

[GTP]

Actually not. If you've ever walked through a remote campground where some of the residents are running generators, Honda has generators that are almost silent.

Thanks for that! You know what you've done now!
I'm thinking maybe I should get a generator!
Honda "sounds" good!

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

To run everything would require a 7~8kVA unit. That would make a lot of noise in a residential area.

It helps drown out the neighbors generators during power outages.
Wouldn't worry about the noise, your neighbors will take generator power before being afraid of bothering neighbors when they fire up their own generators.
Todays generators are fairly quiet....I have a 5500 for my home, and we have a 5500 for our office...and our office has quite a few big rack mount servers, firewalls, switches, etc.