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Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 22:45:51 +0300
From: Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>
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To: Christian Trefzer <ctrefzer@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [IDEA] Poor man's UPS
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Christian Trefzer wrote:
>
> Exactly, and since I cannot afford to buy one I'd have to build it
> myself using mainly car batteries. The most complex part would be to
> charge the batteries in a way that won't kill them over time. Building
> such stuff into the PSU after the secondary coil and AC/DC converter
> would save the double-conversion loss, therefore making this ideal for a
> single machine. But I'm still brainstorming, lacking both money and
> time.
>

Led/acid batteries are dangerous. Don't use them unless you know exactly 
what you are doing.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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