Hi Guys,
Please tell me if this is in the wrong place. I currently run about 10 machines including servers etc at home on my ring main 240vac supply and each machine has its own psu. However when I plug in any more machines or forget and plug in a laptop the rcd breaker trips. I have a apc ups which i could connect my machines to however i believe the 240vac pwr runs straight through that to the outlets and so doesn't solve the trip problem.
I am considering the following:
A number of 12v leisure batteries or better, a 1000watt inverter or better and a 12v car battery charger to charge the battery bank normally. Esentially I am creating a basic ups system where if the mains pwr trips or has an outage the machines connected to the inverter would remain on for however long the batteries lasted.
I just need to confirm something before this is planned or non-planned depending on what you guys advise me as I know you know your stuff. If I have the following setup:
12v mains charger > battery bank 12v batteries > 12v > 1000water inverter 240vac > socket strip and a couple of machines connected will my main rcd know about the machines psu capicaters? Say if my ring mains rcd limit was 10 machines and a 11th machine would trip the breaker ( I have been told it causes an inbalance because of the caps in the psu) would adding the machine that normally tripped my ring main still trip the breaker if it was on my home made ups system? I am sure my main rcd would't trip however many machines I had running on the battery bank within reason as the 12v car charger > batteries are feeding the machines.
Any advice would be greatful. Apologies for the long post. Please tell me if this is a bad idea. If this is a good idea then it solves 3-4 problems.
Daniel
Please tell me if this is in the wrong place. I currently run about 10 machines including servers etc at home on my ring main 240vac supply and each machine has its own psu. However when I plug in any more machines or forget and plug in a laptop the rcd breaker trips. I have a apc ups which i could connect my machines to however i believe the 240vac pwr runs straight through that to the outlets and so doesn't solve the trip problem.
I am considering the following:
A number of 12v leisure batteries or better, a 1000watt inverter or better and a 12v car battery charger to charge the battery bank normally. Esentially I am creating a basic ups system where if the mains pwr trips or has an outage the machines connected to the inverter would remain on for however long the batteries lasted.
I just need to confirm something before this is planned or non-planned depending on what you guys advise me as I know you know your stuff. If I have the following setup:
12v mains charger > battery bank 12v batteries > 12v > 1000water inverter 240vac > socket strip and a couple of machines connected will my main rcd know about the machines psu capicaters? Say if my ring mains rcd limit was 10 machines and a 11th machine would trip the breaker ( I have been told it causes an inbalance because of the caps in the psu) would adding the machine that normally tripped my ring main still trip the breaker if it was on my home made ups system? I am sure my main rcd would't trip however many machines I had running on the battery bank within reason as the 12v car charger > batteries are feeding the machines.
Any advice would be greatful. Apologies for the long post. Please tell me if this is a bad idea. If this is a good idea then it solves 3-4 problems.
Daniel
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