Backup Power

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We have had a few power outage issues here the last few weeks. Almost finished a job then it went out. Has anyone ran a battery backup for a printer before? What size would it take if possible or why not?

 

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No problems running ours of one of these:

http://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-1500VA-LCD-120V/P-SMT1500

 

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If you have a 220 V printer (or even double 220 V) prepare to spend $$$$$$$$$$$

 

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If you have a 220 V printer (or even double 220 V) prepare to spend $$$$$$$$$$$

APC makes the above in 230V also. Newegg have them for $600 (vs. $470 for 120V model), so not much of a dealbreaker.

http://www.apc.com/shop/mk/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-1500VA-LCD-230V/P-SMT1500I

 

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APC makes the above in 230V also. Newegg have them for $600 (vs. $470 for 120V model), so not much of a dealbreaker.

http://www.apc.com/shop/mk/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-1500VA-LCD-230V/P-SMT1500I

That will NEVER run a latex 360. Rated output is 1000watts @ 230V HP360 printer uses 4600watts while printing. You will spend north of $3000 to get that kind of power, and it will only last for a few minutes. You won't be finishing any jobs.

 

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That will NEVER run a latex 360. Rated output is 1000watts @ 230V HP360 printer uses 4600watts while printing. You will spend north of $3000 to get that kind of power, and it will only last for a few minutes. You won't be finishing any jobs.

Who said anything about running a latex printer?
We're in the Roland subforum.

 

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Who said anything about running a latex printer?
We're in the Roland subforum.

My bad.

 

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Thanks

SP 540i is what I am running. Do you run it seperately? One for computer, one for printer. Or use the same one for both?

 

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It depends how long you need to run it when the power is out.
My VS-540 takes about 900w when running with the heaters full blast (50C dryer), so it can only run for ~10 mins before depleting the battery.
We rarely have outages here, but we installed this to stop any fluctuations destroying a job.
APC have a runtime chart on their site: http://www.apc.com/products/runtimegraph/runtime_graph.cfm?base_sku=SMT1500&chartSize=large
We did have both the PC and printer running off the same unit without any issues.

We now run a 3kVA unit which hosts another printer as well, but as mentioned, very few outages that last more than a few seconds here but the amount of jobs it has saved has paid for itself.