Posted by Ron Rosenfeld on February 23, 2010, 11:33 am
Does anyone know if this computer will run on an SW5548?
My wife just purchased one for our "on-grid" home and we discovered that an
APC UPS (BackUPS RS-1500), that works fine with older models, will not work
with this one.
Apparently the XPS9000 PSU apparently requires a better quality "sine
wave". The UPS can be upgraded. APC's SmartUPS series is supposed to
work.
But now I am wondering if anyone knows if the power at our "off-grid" home,
from our SW5548's, would be "good enough".
Thanks.
--ron
Posted by news on February 23, 2010, 4:33 pm
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:33:09 -0500, Ron Rosenfeld
>Does anyone know if this computer will run on an SW5548?
>My wife just purchased one for our "on-grid" home and we discovered that an
>APC UPS (BackUPS RS-1500), that works fine with older models, will not work
>with this one.
>Apparently the XPS9000 PSU apparently requires a better quality "sine
>wave". The UPS can be upgraded. APC's SmartUPS series is supposed to
>work.
>But now I am wondering if anyone knows if the power at our "off-grid" home,
>from our SW5548's, would be "good enough".
>Thanks.
>--ron
I can't answer your specific question, but perhaps a different line of
investigation would prove fruitful.
What is the voltage of your battery bank?
Have you looked for a PC power supply that uses that voltage as its
input?
PC power supplies that run on 12/24/48 volts DC are available - not
cheap, but available. And they are more efficient than the DC->AC->DC
conversion you are doing with the inverter.
Example: 250 watt supply, 6 to 30 volt DC input
http://www.mini-box.com/M4-ATX?sc=8&category1
John
Posted by Ron Rosenfeld on February 24, 2010, 4:47 am
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:33:36 -0500, news@jecarter.us wrote:
>I can't answer your specific question, but perhaps a different line of
>investigation would prove fruitful.
>What is the voltage of your battery bank?
>Have you looked for a PC power supply that uses that voltage as its
>input?
>PC power supplies that run on 12/24/48 volts DC are available - not
>cheap, but available. And they are more efficient than the DC->AC->DC
>conversion you are doing with the inverter.
Not a bad idea, except it would be more trouble than it's worth to run DC
wiring from the location of the battery bank to the location of such a
computer.
--ron
Posted by Bruce in alaska on February 23, 2010, 7:14 pm
> Does anyone know if this computer will run on an SW5548?
>
> My wife just purchased one for our "on-grid" home and we discovered that an
> APC UPS (BackUPS RS-1500), that works fine with older models, will not work
> with this one.
>
> Apparently the XPS9000 PSU apparently requires a better quality "sine
> wave". The UPS can be upgraded. APC's SmartUPS series is supposed to
> work.
>
> But now I am wondering if anyone knows if the power at our "off-grid" home,
> from our SW5548's, would be "good enough".
>
> Thanks.
> --ron
Why would you want a UPS connected to a Trace SW5548 Inverter/Charger in
the first place? Just plug your computer into the Trace and be done with
it. I have lived Off-Grid for 20 years, and generate ALL my own power.
I have a Trace Inverter/Charger that runs All the Micro-ISP Hardware,
(Servers, Routers, Switches, Access Points, SAT Modems, etc) and isn't
even a SW Series, but a U2624SB Modified Square Wave unit. I have a
SW4024, and a SW4048 that run the Cabin, and all the Workstations,
inside. Never had to worry about UPS's as the Trace does that job just
fine. We run one of a pair of 20 Kw Diesel Gensets, for 10 hours a day,
(7Am to noon, 5Pm to 10Pm) and that keeps the Batteries charged,
Freezers cold, and Telco System Batteries charged.
--
Bruce in alaska
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Posted by Bob F on February 23, 2010, 8:39 pm
Bruce in alaska wrote:
>> Does anyone know if this computer will run on an SW5548?
>>
>> My wife just purchased one for our "on-grid" home and we discovered
>> that an APC UPS (BackUPS RS-1500), that works fine with older
>> models, will not work with this one.
>>
>> Apparently the XPS9000 PSU apparently requires a better quality "sine
>> wave". The UPS can be upgraded. APC's SmartUPS series is supposed
>> to work.
>>
>> But now I am wondering if anyone knows if the power at our
>> "off-grid" home, from our SW5548's, would be "good enough".
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --ron
> Why would you want a UPS connected to a Trace SW5548 Inverter/Charger
> in the first place? Just plug your computer into the Trace and be
> done with it.
That's what he's asking. Since the computer didn't work on the UPS, he's worried
it won't work on the Trace.
>My wife just purchased one for our "on-grid" home and we discovered that an
>APC UPS (BackUPS RS-1500), that works fine with older models, will not work
>with this one.
>Apparently the XPS9000 PSU apparently requires a better quality "sine
>wave". The UPS can be upgraded. APC's SmartUPS series is supposed to
>work.
>But now I am wondering if anyone knows if the power at our "off-grid" home,
>from our SW5548's, would be "good enough".
>Thanks.
>--ron