Smith6612
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join:2008-02-01
united state
 ·Dish Network
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·FrontierNet Intern..
| reply to r_20162000
Re: fios ont power req
If you really want to run the ONT for a while, get a very big UPS. It'll take a bit of money to get, but I have one of the big ones and it's ran my gaming computer and network for an hour or so (700+ watt system and a 50watt router and DSL modem total) when the power has gone out here because of recent road work in the area, which lasted for a half hour. Or, if you don't want to get too big of a USP and worry about it going bad after a while (the battery mainly), invest in a natural gas generator that will start itself up as soon as the power goes out. The ONT's battery will keep the ONT fully powered until the generator fires up, and will be there should the generator fail to start or fail to run. |
Rattler
join:2001-04-13
Havertown, PA
·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Here's what I plan to do...
I have a 1500 watt inverter/charger, designed for use on a boat. I also have two Optima, D31A (Yellow Top) batteries. I am going to hook it all up so that the inverter will automatically switch over some critical systems in the house (gas heater, sump pump, some lights, ONT, one basic computer w/ router and one LCD TV installation w/ SD STB) when there's a power failure.
If I just run the really critical systems (heater, sump pump - very intermittent, a few lights and the ONT = ~150-200 watts), I should get many hours before the batteries discharge.
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