arnprasad
Well-Known Member
Hi All
In the ground floor, I have an Exide UPS and Battery. However when we are watching say my 75 inch TV with few lights and fans on...during power outage it hardly lasts for half an hour. Typically we turn everything off. However sometimes we fail to notice and the battery drains off completely.
I am happy with the amount of output from the UPS but I want a longer time period. Seems connecting an additional battery in parallel is the solution.
I checked with my electrician and he said even if we connect an additional battery in parallel, the existing UPS may not handle the charging of both batteries.
However when I called the guy who sold me the UPS and Battery...he said we can add another battery in parallel and not an issue. Of course peddling his own case, he said the second battery needs to be exactly the same as the first one!!!
Want to take advantage of the offers during the Dasara sale assuming they havent jacked up the prices before hand. Hence please clarify the follow. I did google and there are many answers on Quora but not consistent. Tomorrow I will go to a local shop and ask as well. Pls help me out if any of you are experts in this field.
(a) This is the given UPS and battery I have. In the Amazon product page of the UPS, it says it can handle 1 battery. Hence bit confused.
(b) While I understand my existing seller asking me to buy same battery again....I dont think buying another brand would make a difference. However would the wattage make a difference? say my existing battery is 150 AH normal battery. Would adding 150 AH or any other AH of more or less of a different brand but say a tubular one and connecting it to parallel work?
many thanks in advance for all your help.
Existing UPS
Existing Battery
Battery I want to add and connect in parallel.
Also would buying local be cheaper than online? Last time I had a bad experience with local and hence went online. Thx
In the ground floor, I have an Exide UPS and Battery. However when we are watching say my 75 inch TV with few lights and fans on...during power outage it hardly lasts for half an hour. Typically we turn everything off. However sometimes we fail to notice and the battery drains off completely.
I am happy with the amount of output from the UPS but I want a longer time period. Seems connecting an additional battery in parallel is the solution.
I checked with my electrician and he said even if we connect an additional battery in parallel, the existing UPS may not handle the charging of both batteries.
However when I called the guy who sold me the UPS and Battery...he said we can add another battery in parallel and not an issue. Of course peddling his own case, he said the second battery needs to be exactly the same as the first one!!!
Want to take advantage of the offers during the Dasara sale assuming they havent jacked up the prices before hand. Hence please clarify the follow. I did google and there are many answers on Quora but not consistent. Tomorrow I will go to a local shop and ask as well. Pls help me out if any of you are experts in this field.
(a) This is the given UPS and battery I have. In the Amazon product page of the UPS, it says it can handle 1 battery. Hence bit confused.
(b) While I understand my existing seller asking me to buy same battery again....I dont think buying another brand would make a difference. However would the wattage make a difference? say my existing battery is 150 AH normal battery. Would adding 150 AH or any other AH of more or less of a different brand but say a tubular one and connecting it to parallel work?
many thanks in advance for all your help.
Existing UPS
Existing Battery
Battery I want to add and connect in parallel.
Also would buying local be cheaper than online? Last time I had a bad experience with local and hence went online. Thx