Darren
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- Kubota L3710, Ford 5600, Case MB4/94, Kubota B6200
The old Clary is an example of a "online" UPS:
Uninterruptible power supply - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contrast with an "offline" UPS, such as the type you find at Walmart:
Uninterruptible power supply - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In a nutshell, the Clary UPS doesn't care about the quality of the power put out by the generator because it's only going to use it to charge batteries. The sensitive electronics never see the generator output. The small Zenith UPS, a rebranded Clary, I used years ago would run a computer for hours after the power died. The little Zenith UPS weighed close to thirty pounds and was the size of a regular rural mailbox.