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Title: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: squirrellydw on January 25, 2007, 01:02:38 pm

I was wondering if you can use a UPS/battery back up on an arcade monitor along with a PC?  Anyone try this?  Not sure if the monitor would kill the UPS to quickly.

Thanks

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: ChadTower on January 25, 2007, 01:05:00 pm

If you're talking about powering the thing with the battery alone, unless you're using a serious professional UPS you would only get a few minutes and you'd kill the battery entirely before too long.  Most UPS units are designed to give you enough time to gracefully shut down the system before the power cuts out, not to keep something running in the prolonged absence of electricity.

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: meltman on January 25, 2007, 01:06:43 pm

battery backup on a MAME machine?

 :laugh2:

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: ChadTower on January 25, 2007, 01:16:57 pm

It's not a bad idea, but for other reasons.  A UPS makes a superior power cleaner/surge protector as it not only protects against surges but also against dips, which happen constantly and are far more of a factor in the frequency of failure in electronics than surges.

Can you power your MAME box off a UPS?  Not for more than a few minutes, but you can certainly protect it better and extend its life with one.

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: squirrellydw on January 25, 2007, 01:34:07 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on January 25, 2007, 01:16:57 pm

It's not a bad idea, but for other reasons.  A UPS makes a superior power cleaner/surge protector as it not only protects against surges but also against dips, which happen constantly and are far more of a factor in the frequency of failure in electronics than surges.

you can certainly protect it better and extend its life with one.

Yes this is what I was going to do.  I know I can't run it on the battery alone.  Any idea what size would be good for a PC and a 27" monitor?

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: ChadTower on January 25, 2007, 01:39:22 pm

Depends on how you intend to shut the thing down.  If you use one that has an interface to the OS, it only needs to power it for long enough to shut the thing down.  If you're going to have to power it until you respond to the beeping, much bigger. 

Me, I'd use the battery for the PC only, and just plug the monitor into the surge side.  The monitor doesn't need battery backup and that's 95% of the power in the cab.

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: divemaster127 on January 25, 2007, 03:04:14 pm

the APC LS 700 is a good model i would check ebay
dm

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: ChadTower on January 25, 2007, 03:06:36 pm

For just a single PC, most of them will do well.  Just make sure to get one that can interface the OS and initiate a shutdown on its own.  Most can do that but they vary by what OS they can work with.

Title: Re: UPS/battery back up and an arcade monitor??
Post by: squirrellydw on January 25, 2007, 04:53:16 pm

thanks, I will use it just for the PC and plug the monitor in to the surge side.