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Old Oct 29, 2019, 10:54 pm
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chx1975
 
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As the post above me says, most UPSes used to lead acid but today there are Lithium ones. Those are way, way above legal limit. Consider the biggest phone/laptop external battery you can carry on is ~1lbs and most of that is the LiOn cells themselves. Most of a desktop UPS is again the battery (75-80% at least) and they are much heavier than a pound or two.
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