I recently purchased a new battery backup solution specifically for my Startlink system, and wanted to share my observations for anyone else that might find this useful.
TL;DR: APC BNV650M1 Back-UPS is great, and will power Dishy without issue for about 10 minutes of no power.
We had a pretty major winter storm pass by about 10 days ago. The heavy wet snow caused tree branches to droop, leading to short power interruptions. Every time this would happen, Dishy and the router would reboot and then re-connect, taking about 60-90 seconds to get back online. If the power only bumped once, it would be fine, but during the height of the storm, it was happening every 10 minutes or so.
I ended up getting the APC Back-UPS 650va (BNV650M1) at Staples for $99 CAD (on sale, down from $119). I connected the POE brick, and my 8-port switch. 3 days ago, another storm, with a few more power bumps, and it was fine.... until we lost power completely. This unit ended up running Dishy for roughly 10 minutes.
Hello. Does anyone have suggestions for power backup for a pellet stove?
I am aware that a pellet stove is not the most prepper heat source, but I'm not trying to live off-grid and don't have many power outages. I just want to be able to have some heat for a few hours if/when power goes out.
The stove runs on 120 volt, 115 VAC, 60 Hz (standard a/c). Starting is a big draw as 4.1amps, though I wonder if I could start manually (or if it's already running it's a non-issue. Once it's going, running it requires 1.1 amps.
The manual says, "When operating with a generator you need a least 600 watts of power, or with an inverter at least 800 watts of power available for the appliance during the start cycle."
The stove manufacturer (QuadraFire) basically says to buy an inverter and run it off of a car/marine battery. This sounds pretty good but where to keep the battery? It needs to be able to plug into the inverter which needs to be connected to the stove, but it says not to put it too close to the stove. Not to mention I don't want children or pets messing with the battery. And I would want something that isn't an eyesore.
Any thoughts?
Hello /r/amateurradio,
I'm a relatively new technician who is studying for his general. At home, I currently run a mobile 2m/70cm radio and a Kenwood TS-430S 160-10m radio off of a power supply. However, I would kind of like to have a battery backup for my radios, and I happen to have a spare SLA battery laying around, so I've been trying to figure out how to make it work.
So far, the plan that I have come up with is that I would buy one of those 12v/24v solar charge controllers for SLA batteries and basically hook it up the way it is designed to be used but with my 12v power supply hooked to it instead of a solar panel. My radios would be running off the battery, and the battery would be charged with the power supply using the charge controller to manage charging. If there was ever a power interruption then my radios would run solely off the battery until power was restored, at which point the battery would begin to charge again. I would also have the option of turning off my power supply while working HF once I get my general in case of noise issues from the power supply if that turns out to be a problem, but so far it hasn't been when I've been listening.
Does that sound like a solid plan? It seems simple, and it worries me that I might be forgetting something.
Thanks,
derrick81787
So I'm in the northeast and have some family friend's without power the past few days which got me to wondering if I lost power is to possible to have a battery backup keep my chest freezer going for a few days.
I have a smart plug going on it right now monitoring its consumption but i have no idea how to turn this information into usable info for battery capacity I might need to keep it running for a day or 2 maybe even a week.
Here is my readout for the past 3 days https://imgur.com/a/rmVMV2h
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I would like to start building the skills necessary to DIY an arbitrarily sized solar array with battery backup.
I have an embarrassingly vague understanding of electromagnetism; no real intuition for volts/amps/ohms etc.
I am mechanically inclined; and am a career software developer and feel up to the challenge of learning something new.
When learning new software stacks I have always learnt best by doing. It seems unwise to spend thousands of dollars on hardware to "learn" with.
What seems like a feasible project, and what I am hoping I can get pointed toward, is setting up a single small panel; just like a few hundred watts or something; and a few batteries actually hooked up to my power even if its only minutes of backup.
Would love to hear thoughts on this path
Stupid question perhaps but I’ve been trying to understand the potential situations here.
I’ve been in ice storms which knocked out power for 2+ weeks, so this is a concern of mine. I know if the grid goes down a grid tied system will kick off to ensure linemen won’t get electrocuted.
But does that also mean that a grid tied system will cease to charge backup batteries? If so, you just have the one charge of the backup batteries to ration over the two weeks? Or would it still charge the backup batteries giving you (some) power to work with.
Part of rural living is having the occasional blackout that can last an hour to half a day or even more. I'm interested in finding a battery backup for Dishy and associated hardware (router/modem) to maintain internet connection for perhaps an hour in duration. What size battery backup (UPS) would I need? Or is Dishy too power hungry for a reasonably sized UPS?
We're about to move and the house we just bought has this horrible battery backup unit in the living room near the baseboards. We aren't intending to get voice service, so as far as I know it's obsolete. How can this be removed? Can I get Verizon to remove it as part of setup? Or do I need to call my own electrician??
This one is for all of the prepperphiles out there. I’m trying to decide the best generator for my situation. What are your thoughts given the following?
I live in a snowy northern state. Power outages happen only a few times a year, but have lasted up to 3 days. I’m also hooked up to natural gas.
What I need to power is a forced air gas furnace, well pump (110v jet pump), fridge, and a cable modem. I can live with using a few of my wife’s 1000 candles for lighting for a few days.
I’ve been going back and forth between battery backup systems, LNG generators, and gasoline generators. With so many options and opinions out there, I figured I’d solicit some advice from the interweb.
So what do y’all have? Any recommendations?
As title says, is it possible to plug an Arlo hub into a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) battery backup to avoid downtime during a power outage? UPS are popular for network routers or individual PCs in offices to keep a limited about of power supplied to the unit when mains power is down.
Or, is it possible to plug the hub into an external battery that can power the hub if mains power is interrupted?
Hi Everyone,
I want to investigate offsetting evening electrical costs with a battery solution to our solar panels. We are in Murrieta and pay SCE around ~$1200 every 6 months.
It seems like all the installers don't want to install battery backups on an existing solar system without adding additional panels.
What's the technical reason? Not enough profit margins on the battery alone?
Second, can anyone recommend a battery-only installer so I can complement the existing solar panels to cover the evening electrical usage?
Im seeing what the best set up would be for home battery back up. Running a furnace (2kw a day) and freezer 1.2 kw a day. So like a 4kw battery, i dont have any room for solar. Lead acid battery's and just an inverter, or go with one of the name brands like Bluetti?
Because $20k extra for the extended battery is a hard NO for me.
Does anyone know if the Technicolor CGA4131 has an internal battery backup?
We are having our modem replaced in a couple weeks with the CGA4131 and wasn't sure if it had a battery or if we should look at picking up a UPS.
I had a thought, and I am sure I probably am not the only one who thought of this in fact I HIGHLY doubt I am, but, I went through the process of changing batteries on many of the Gameboy games I recently acquired and had the thought mentioned on the title, "What if I want to change batteries and do not want to lose my save data..." would I be able to use the save state on the pocket change the battery on said cartridge and the short answer is YES.
In this case I carried out the experiment on Pokémon Yellow, the old battery still worked perfectly, but I could not be sure how much longer it would last and as I had just started a new game I though this would be the perfect time to test this out.
The steps are simple:
- Create a save state of the game you want to preserve the progress for within the game (such as in battle in Pokémon or in the overworld) by pressing and holding the Analogue Button + UP on the D-pad;
- Change the battery of said game;
- Boot the game up once the new battery is in;
- Wait until the game is fully loaded (for Pokémon Yellow I wait until I got to the main menu);
- Load the save state by pressing and holding the Analogue Button + DOWN on the D-pad;
- Save the progress using the in game save method in order to write the save state into the cartridge;
- JOB DONE!
Obviously, try this at your own risk, as I do not guarantee positive results, just reporting my findings, again I'm sure someone much smarter than me has already figured this out, again I have no idea how the compatibility is for save states at the moment seen as it is in beta etc, but nonetheless, this is really useful I believe and once Memories are fully introduced to the analogue Pocket I believe this will be even more useful then, this could only be made better if there were a way to back up the save states from the Pocket itself. Also whatever you do please do remember the correct shortcut to load the save state as the last thing you want to do is go through all that work and create another save state and loose your progress :D I will not take blame if you mess this up haha.
Obviously there are much better methods to do the above and a lot people in the retro gaming community that can afford to buy a Pocket probably already have an epilogue gb operator or something of the sort, but for the ones that don't, I really hope this helps. And if someone has already done a better job of sharing this info than I did, thank you and sorry I am doubling down on info :)
... keep reading on reddit ➡I would use my garage door opener as a backup to a smart lock without an outside knob, except that it would be disabled by a power outage. Also, garage door remotes have notoriously bad security. There are also garage door openers that have battery backup, but they use lead-acid AGM cells which turn to trash pretty quickly.
I have an existing grid tied system with enphase m215 microinverters and I am trying to figure out how to add a battery backup and a way of islanding the inverters so they think they are still on grid and provide charge to the battery. So far most of the things I have looked at are either way to expensive or just not available in my area (Ontario Canada). Is there anyway of setting up something DIY with components I can order?
I am currently working with an installer to design a 15 Kw system. Using Enphase Microinvertors , REC panels plus Enphase 10T battery .
Question i have is about the invertors , I am debating between IQ8A vs IQ7A , does this matter since I am going with a Battery back up . As far as I understand the IQ8 matters if there is no battery and can work in a Sunlight backup mode( after adding certain components). But for a system which is going to have a battery anyways does this upgrade matter ? ( it adds 8% more cost to the system).
Does anyone have a good recommendation on battery backups that could power my Starlink set up for a few hours during a power outage? We’ve been getting more than usual power outages in my area this winter and Starlink is also my phone line so I’d like to get something to be able to keep it running. Thanks
Any recommendations for a UPS that can withstand extreme temperatures, say -10 to 100? Dishy is installed on my detached garage, which is unheated & uncooled.
I don’t need high runtime, 1 hour would be ideal, but really just need enough to not drop connections during the frequent power blips that last a few seconds or minutes.
To make it simple, in my highest month of usage I used 3,316 kWh. I know that's a lot, but I sometimes run multiple freezers depending on business needs. What I have and what I'd like to do:
I currently only have the panels, 26 x 340 watt panels and I'd like to have as many days backup for off grid.
I'm looking at some batteries rated at 5.12kwh. How the heck do I figure out how many of these I would need? Is that 5.12kwh per hour? If so, how do you determine how long a battery will last (outside of sun exposure ofc). Is that 5.12kWh total when not charging? If I'm using 4.6 kWh/hr on the highest energy consumption days. Does that mean I would need 21-22 batteries for 1 day if backup power? Please ELI5 bc this is the most confusing part to me.
I'm in eastern Washington. It would be a ground-mounted system that would come with:
- 32 Hanwha QCells 400 Watt Modules
- Enphase IQ7+ Microinverters
- 17.1kWh Panasonic Evervolt Battery
There's 25-year warranties on the panels, the microinverters, and labor.
After the tax credit, it's still almost $60,000 or ~$4.70/W.
Is that too high? I'm new to all of this, but looking around it seems like people are getting ~$3 or lower after incentives. They did quote me ~$10,000 less total for a roof-mounted system, but it would be a smaller system due to limitations with my roof.
The system would be tied into the grid (net metering) and provide a 106% offset. While I'll enjoy having a lower power bill (looks like there's still a $25 minimum payment), my main concern is just guaranteeing that we always have power.
Also, how does tying into the grid work? Do you send all of the power your system generates to the electricity company, and then they credit you the difference for the power you use from them? Or do you use your electricity first, and then when you need electricity from the grid it switches over?
I guess another way to ask would be, in an extreme event, who has ultimate control over the power my system would generate?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Does anyone know the means by which the Ford Lightning can back feed your home? I saw in a video that an inverter and additional device was required to use the trucks a home battery backup.
What are you guys using to power on a laptop/tv, a lamp, charge your phone etc... when there's no power, and how much did it cost you? Pictures would be nice too.
I want to get a ring, I'm thinking wired cause I don't want to have to change out batteries, but I also want something that works when the power goes out. Looking at the available products it seems like an either or situation?
