APC+120amp hours battery=insane uptime?

[touser]

Hi all, i have a 120 Amp Hour/850MCA deep cycle marine battery lying around, and i was thinking to myself "isn't there a way to hook this thing up to my APC for some insane uptime in a power outtage?" My question is, can i do this? The battery is brand new, but i don't know if it is going to overload my apc or if there are any other problems with doing this? Thanks in advance!

 

[Zim Hosein]

touser, you might want to post this in the HT forum as the members who frequent there could wire anything

 

[MWink]

I wouldn't do it. There is a chance the inverter may not want to run as long as that battery would want to run it. It could burn out. Also, how do you plan to charge the battery??? I would NOT let the UPS try to charge it.