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Date:	Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:50:45 PST7
From:	rito98 <rito98@cts.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: OT UPS/charger babble

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Can someone tell me who I can write to so that I can get my name removed
from scoug general. I replied three times to unsubscribe but I'm still
receiving email messages. Help.

Steve Carter wrote:

>
> Oops!
>
> (This message was directed at Peter, but was wrongly
> posted to this list (largely because I'm an idiot)).
>
> Explanation:
> We've been looking for an inexpensive way to keep
> 12V UPS batteries charged up _without_ overcharging.
> Seems like the cheapie 12Vdc (11V) wall-wart power
> supplies used on so many appliances these days are
> just the ticket. Not the fancy regulated ones, but
> the simple transformer/rectifier models like one sees
> so often at swap meets and flea markets.
>
> A current capacity of 0.20-0.50A is plenty adequate to
> keep a gel-cell battery topped-off. You can even connect
> up several batteries in parallel and use one wall-wart
> as a charger for all -- as long as you're not in a hurry
> to charge anything. It takes my little wall-wart two
> weeks (!) to completely charge the monster (60-lb) 100A-hr
> UPS battery I use for HAM radio backup, but about a day
> for my 500VA computer UPS battery.
>
> [Everyone should have a UPS -- don't you? ]
>
> Sorry for the OT babble ....
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> On 4/01/2, I wrote, in part:
> subj. was: Re: SCOUG-General: New toy for Peter
> >
> >Your wall-wart battery-charger power supply is now
> >in a desk drawer in Montrose.
> >
> >I found some 11Vdc, 0.35A wall-warts branded PhoneMmate that
> >do the "trick" nicely. I have several others in addition
> >to the one I'm using currently. This one's yours.
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