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About 10 years ago I tried using an Anker power bank for a UPS. It had some issues w/shutting itself down when switching power modes. I reached out to their sup
by mmastrac 4y ago
About 10 years ago I tried using an Anker power bank for a UPS. It had some issues w/shutting itself down when switching power modes. I reached out to their support line and they completely misunderstood my questions, sending me a brand new battery instead despite my protest. I was hoping to just send some feedback on what I thought were firmware issues.
In the end I got two beefy Anker power banks that didn't work as a UPS, and eventually migrated myself over to using PoE power for the Pis (AliExpress gigabit -> 5V/3A PoE extractor), with a Unifi Dream Machine Pro SE powering them.
My UPS is now a used, enterprise Dell 1300W monster that pretty much runs the entire local networking stack + servers for nearly an hour without power.