Connecting Flex 6300 to UPS

Santiago Mejia HI8O

Ken Hansen

A computer power supply will give the computer a signal and give it time to shut down nicely, assuming you buy a UPS with a USB interface to the computer. As for your radio, a ups will just delay the radio powering off when power is lost, Radio won't get a signal to shutdown. In my shack I have a 'power gate' (see: http://ki0bk.no-ip.com/~pwrgate/LLPG/Site/LLPG.html ) that trickle-charges a 35 amp SLA battery, when power is lost, radio runs off the battery until the battery is depleted.

Patrick

Entire station except Power Amp, is on UPS. Gives me time to shut most devices down gracefully. Networking devices and my GPS time server continue to run until UPS runs down, but with just those up and running the UPS will stay up for 90 minutes or more. Here on Kauai, we have frequent power drops and full outages. Biggest problem from that is the power spikes they cause, which in fact, is the main reason to have the UPS protection.

KI4P

Same here, I have a UPS that power supply and computer plugged into. Gives time to shut down and keeps it up in blips. Don't leave mine on all the time.

WX7Y

K5CG

A large battery, PWRGate and charger are the solution. Everything in the shack runs on 12V, even the PC and LCD monitor. You do want to be able to operate during a power outage right (for more than the 30 minutes your UPS is likely to provide)?

Ted VE3TRQ

A UPS providing the power for the 12v PSU that changes the battery with a powergate is my solution. The UPS conditions out any sags or spikes in the incoming power, and holds up the charging circuit, radio, and computer for a while, at which point the battery takes over. Never had to run on battery (unless testing) yet. And the UPS I’m using seems to produce no RFI in addition to what I already have. Using an APC Back-UPS XS 1000.

Dave - W6OVP

Santiago Mejia HI8O

Ken Hansen

If you only need a few minutes coverage, till the generator kicks in, almost any name brand UPS will suffice, 300-500 watts or better.