I was given 2 APC UPS's both rack mountable, a 1200 and a 1400 Smart UPS.
The batteries were shot in them, as a temporary measure sometime ago I hooked up 2 small sealed car batteries to get me over the hump to run my sump pump, don't laugh I was afraid of a storm coming and my HT is in the basement, as I set that was temporary and was disconnected.
Now for the real question, I would like to set this up again for my HT equipment on a permanent basis. Is there a downside to using the car batteries instead of spending a ton of money for the sealed lead acid batteries?
Thanks,
The batteries were shot in them, as a temporary measure sometime ago I hooked up 2 small sealed car batteries to get me over the hump to run my sump pump, don't laugh I was afraid of a storm coming and my HT is in the basement, as I set that was temporary and was disconnected.
Now for the real question, I would like to set this up again for my HT equipment on a permanent basis. Is there a downside to using the car batteries instead of spending a ton of money for the sealed lead acid batteries?
Thanks,