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Power bar inverter combination

DonT
DonT over 3 years ago

Hi there,

We occasionally have power outages at our home wherein we switch via a transfer panel to generator power to power our household circuits. This works fine for most electricity-driven things in our household, but we would like to get a power bar/inverter combination or the like to smooth out the power for the electronics currently run off five surge-protected power bars in the areas of our house where we have computers, TVs, and WIFI modems. We would welcome any product suggestions that would address such needs. This is a very occasional issue, and these are items that we can do without with minimal difficulty at such times. We are therefore looking more at the power bar end of things as opposed a whole house inverter system.

Thanks for any suggestions/feedback that can be provided.

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    0 dougw over 3 years ago

    It sounds like you need a UPS to hold power during the time taken for the generator to come on line.

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    0 DonT over 3 years ago in reply to dougw

    Hi Doug,

    Thanks for the feedback. I'm most concerned about the quality of the power after we're running the generator power in that our main WIFI modem (for the whole house) doesn't seem to function well when we're running with the non-inverted generator power that is fed into the house. Also the TV picture seems off some - perhaps related to the modem's difficulty.

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    0 dougw over 3 years ago in reply to DonT

    Presumably a UPS would provide an extra level of regulation beyond what the generator provides. I guess it depends on how the UPS is implemented.

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    0 DonT over 3 years ago in reply to dougw
    Hi Doug,
    While my knowledge of this area is pretty limited, I suspect that you are probably right depending on the nature of the ups, but I remain unsure what sort of ups or other device would be adequate.
    Thanks again for the thought here,
    Don
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