Originally Posted by Peetah
...Except for the really heavy duty UPS' inside a data center, I've yet to see one "off the shelf" that could take an input of 220v and throw out 110v....
I think there may be a little mis-understanding. What I'm proposing is to use the 220v source to just charge up the UPS. Once charged unplug it from the 220v. Next plug in my DVD player, camera... to the UPS(which is now running in "battery mode") to charge their batteries up from the clean 110v 60Hz output of the UPS.
Originally Posted by sxpsxpsxp
BTW, aren't you concerned about the extra weight?
Ya the weight is a little concern(~30# I'm guessing) but with four of us going we get eight bags so I think we are OK...
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I haven't bent over far enough yet to actually look at the UPS to see if it has a "switch" to allow 110v or 220v input. Worse case I would use my travel converter from last year to bring the 220v down to the 110v "square wave" and hope the UPS can handle the 10Hz difference in frequency.
I'll send Northwest an email and post what the reply is here...
...and thanx for the feedback/comments folks. --dlouise