Hi Christy,
I don't have a back up power supply but the one I was looking in to was
called power safe. It was a sealed plastic case for a car battery that came
with a charger and many connectors for radios ETC.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christy Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:11 PM
Subject: questions about emergency power
> Hi guys,
>
> I have two sort of related questions. I'm looking into setting up some
> kind
> of emergency power source for my kenwood 707, mostly for monitoring
> weather
> nets but also in case of other emergencies and loss of power. My asking
> around and research has left me wondering a couple of things. Many people
> especially with ARES have been talking about something called anderson
> power
> poles. What are these, and how do they relate to what I'm already running?
> Current setup is a DC cable running from the radio, and the ends of the
> wire
> threaded through terminals on the power supply, as many of you will
> probably
> remember from earlier posts. Secondly, have any of you had experience
> using
> portable power supplies, sometimes called car starters, for emergency
> backup
> of low powered VHF equipment? Someone mentioned this as a possibility,
> since
> they are less expensive than, and outgas much less than, the typical car
> battery or marine battery setup. The only thing I'm not sure of is if
> these
> come with the same kinds of terminals that you'd find on a normal power
> supply, or if I need to get some kind of special accessory, and then how
> to
> get that accessory interfaced with what I have. Thoughts, suggestions?
> Keeping in mind, I'm in an apartment, so space, ventalation and so forth
> is
> very limited.
>
> Christy
>
>
>
>
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