Our power likes to dip very often because who ever wired this place was an idiot. Ever like 10 minutes or more the power dips for a good 10-15 seconds. Is it possible to use a battery backup and plug it in to a wall, and then use maybe some kind of double sided male plug to plug the battery backup back in to another wall outlet to possibly help with the power dips? I just wanted to ask first in case there is some factory of electricity I am not thinking about, having to do with load or anything that could cause a problem. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
A friend of mine (it's always a friend isn't it?) had a similar problem. The way he chose to fix it wasn't cheap either. Firstly there is a battery charger, a deep cycle 12v or 24v battery...very heavy and expensive I believe and lastly a DC converter (12/24v to 110/240v). So the charger plugs into the wall as you would expect then the converter is connected to the battery and the PC plugs into the converter. Your power can be out for several hours while the battery and converter maintain a steady supply. But who in heck wants a whopping gel cell/lead acid battery anywhere in the house? Anyhow it worked great for him and it was cheaper than moving house too...lol I'm sure others will chime in with waaay better suggestions than this effort, so we'll just wait and see. Cheers.
The short answer is no, since USPes are not designed to do what you want. You need to place the device at the fuse panel/circuit breaker for it to function properly, and you would need one device for every circuit that you want to protect. It would probably be a very expensive proposition, since you would have to put a device on EVERY circuit that you need to protect. Since you have not stated if the problem is at the main or specific circuits, it's really difficult to determine whether or not this will resolve your problem. I would call the power company and/or a qualified electrician.
Yeah, I guess its probably better to just get a few mid range UPS's. Like one for the tv and dvd, one for the computer and one for the lamps. So that way when it happens there enough juice in the batterys to sustain the few things we want to not mess up when it happens.
does it happen thru out the house or certain locations? do other people have that problem on your street?
A UPS will render your PC unaffected by the power issues, but wiring one up to assist the house electrical supply is very unwise not to mention unsafe.
"Our power likes to dip very often because who ever wired this place was an idiot. Ever like 10 minutes or more the power dips for a good 10-15 seconds. " I cannot see how wiring can cause the symptom you are describing. How have you determined this?
because my g/f said it didnt happen before someone wired in some lights in to the ceiling. So it was a fairly new issue.
If the power dips when you turn some lights on.. it means you are overloading the ring main... That's a fire risk.. get it checked by a COMPETENT electrician at the soonest opportunity,, You can power your whole house from a UPS.. if it's big enough.. my 8200VA one will run my house for about 6 hours.. as long as I don't use the stove... the drawback is.. unless I kill the incoming power connection at the main switch it tries to power the whole country as far as the break in the supply... and as my meter still runs forward I'm actually paying to give my power away.
