Many of those lightweight UPS units have a very small battery in them and are really designed to 1) carry the computer across a power flicker, or 2) provide a few minutes to shut down the computer in a controlled manner. Units with much bigger batteries to last a day are much more expensive and much heavier. If you're thinking of investing in one, download the manual and take a look at the runtime-vs-load chart. I believe you'll be disappointed. I was. - Brian On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 02:50:10PM -0400, bzs@theworld.com wrote:
A good home investment people don't immediately think of (I'm sure some here have) is one of those inexpensive computer UPS's. An off-the-shelf 1500VA is usually under $200 or thereabouts.
One can run anything off one, like a radio or lamp. Not a lot but I'd imagine 1500VA would keep a small radio and 6W LED 100W equivalent lumens running for 24 hours? Probably more. And it'll recharge phones, batteries, etc.