Stove U P S babble

Welp it works!!


Big batteries aren't hooked up yet. Waiting for the internals to fully charge. Stove is plugged in and The mini minute or so test after unplugging the UPS worked. No funky noises from the beast.

Oldly though, It may not be big enough as when I started up the stove I got a red overload light while the auger-igniter-air pump were running. Yellow once the auger stopped feeding pellets and flashed red on every pellet feed cycle. Once it went through its start up cycle it went green(as seen in pic's). Ugh!!

I would have thought 600watt would have been plenty?? Welp was planning a UPS for the cable box in the living room, I suppose This should handle that and the telly. Off to see what a 800watt gonna set us back!

 

Agreed, Just using it for the blips for now. I have not connected the externals yet. I got this unit cheap and I can use it else where in the house(PC-AV ect), And don't wanna wreck it.

Ouch! I likely can't afford that big "new". Maybe a used or recon to ease the ouchie.

Off to CL and fleabay to search a deal.

 

Thank Rob!! If I stay above say 800w and the unit has a load rating higher than 90% I should be good?? I see the Tripp lite has the SU1000RTXL2UA very similar too what I have and still has 24v internals. Most of the bigger units 1300va have 36v to 48v internals. Specs below: I think this unit should handle 840w going by the math.

OUTPUT
Output Volt Amp Capacity (VA) 1000
Output kVA Capacity (kVA) 1
Output Watt Capacity (Watts) 800
Output Capacity Details OVERLOAD CAPACITY: Supports inverter operation up to 105% load continuously, 125% load for 3 minutes; 150% load for 30 seconds and >150% load for 0.5 seconds before switching to BYPASS (when bypass input voltage and frequency are WITHIN bypass limits) or SHUTDOWN (when bypass input voltage or frequency are OUTSIDE bypass limits)

Also see link!!

SmartOnline 120V 1kVA 800W Double Conversion UPS 2U Rack Tower Extended Run SNMPWEBCARD Option USB DB9 Serial (SU1000RTXL2UA) | Tripp Lite

Asking cus I no wanna mess up again!!


Pic of the fully charged internal battery. Took a while, But it finally has a green status light!

 

I was chitchatting with a bud the other day about this, He brought me in this puppy he had kicking around to try. Unfortunately its a PWM, But I'm still gonna try it. That is after I charge up da dead batteries.



This is rated at 940W, So hopefully it would be a good test to see if something in the 900 watt range will do?? I likely wont try the battery back up(PWM) but may just to see if the beast makes funky noises. Its likely I can score this on the cheap if it works. If not? I still may snag it, Put new batts in it and pop it on one of the PC's..........

 

One of the electro-magicians shared this with me. Made my head spin a bit!!

https://powerquality.eaton.com/thoughtleadership/power-protection/va-vs-watts.asp?cx=3

 

From above linky!!

6.82A x 119V = 811.58va

My unit is only rated at 750va! Also in the above link it stats to rate it around 75%, So I guess I need some where around the 1014va range or a unit that allows higher than 90% rating of the 1000va. Again I don't want to go too big as the large units require 36v or 48v internal voltage. I would like to stay in the 24v range(ie 2 batteries for auxiliary)........ So the 1000va unit that allows 105%(125% load for 3 minutes) should be right around the size I need. But there's only one sure way to find out!!

Hope this helps anyone else trying to UPS their (large power hog) pellet eater.

 

Couldn't find anything local, Dug a bit on fleabay. Got me a used Tripp Lite SU1000RTXL2UA for $85 plus shipping. Takes the same batteries as the current unit. Hoping the 1000VA /800 watt and Supports inverter operation up to 105% load continuously, 125% load for 3 minutes is enough.

Now we wait for da

 

Gotz the killa watt on my PC now trying to figure out what it needs. I'll do the sons PC later and the to AV centers. Might even add on to our bedroom TV/cable box. I don't think those will all that big. More like desktop power strips. But not gonna chance them with out the tinker test!!

SO far it looks like the one I originally got for the beast will handle my PC and the cable modem/router/switch. Might even be over kill!!

 

I must a read your mind, I just came up from testing it. The beast she no likey da PWM sine........ She made some funky azz noises and rumbles too.

But the OMNIVS1500XL handle the load no issues and ran for a good 2 minutes on back up before I gotz all googled and put the plug back in. Took a few minutes for da noises to settle down.

Pic for proof.



I'm still gonna offer a fin to my buddy tomorrow. Should make a good PC and half the AV chit in my putter den. I'd offer more, But its all I gotz since the pellet spree......

I'll catch a few of his lunches for the next few too.

 

Unit was still in use before he picked up a new one. It wasn't sitting more than a month(so he claims). I left the battery to charge 24 hours, and checked with a meter. Batteries were 25v and change. No error or red lights on battery back up, Just the yellow/amber warning light that it was on back up power.

I'm assuming the stove no likey the PWM sine the Omni was emitting? Stove was dandy on the Smart750 and its pure sine conversion. I really only tested to see if I was going to get start up load errors as the Omni had the higher VA rating. New SU1000 is on its way and has pure sine output. I just hope the 1000va is sufficient!!

Omni1500 will be added to the PC/AV stuff in my den. Kind of what I was planning anyway. The smart750 will go on my video editing PC and also back up the cable modem/router. Looking at getting Joey a new APC or Tripp lite 1200 to 1500va for his gamer PC. Also gonna get a few of the small tabletop/desktop units for the living room bedroom TV/Cablebox's.