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<blockquote data-quote="misterc01" data-source="post: 1711745" data-attributes="member: 109160"><p>I use an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) (expanding on Bill Cauley Jr's comment) which converts your Alternating Current (AC) from the wall to Direct Current (DC) to charge the backup battery, and the DC then proceeds to an inverter circuit that converts the DC back to AC, and out of the UPS to whatever you plug it into it. IF the AC goes out, the battery continues to provide the DC to the inverter so you have AC from the unit. That route also filters and smooths the AC to make it "pure" so there are no little fluctuations in the ac power. It also has a surge suppressor within it to provide that protection. The units usually have two sets of plugs - one for battery backup with the conditioned AC output, and the other for surge suppression. Your critical equipment goes to the battery backup row for maximum protection. Whew! An added benefit is if your unit requires an extended warmup period (mine takes 30 minutes) you don't lose power and have to "start" over if the power goes out. No fans or other varying air currents you can prevent! And don't exhale forcefully in the direction of the pan (don't ask how I know that). Once I have the first charge weighed, I then check it against an ACCURATE beam balance scale - I repeat three times, proceeding when they agree, to load the cases. I double-check the weighs every tenth charge. If they agree, I continue. If they are different, I back up, checking cases until I find where it varied, return incorrectly powder measured to the container, and then recheck the zero on BOTH scales and proceed from there. I also log the charge weigh tin my Reloading Checklist for future reference. </p><p>Only sounds time consuming and nit-picky, but it goes quickly and I know my powder in the case is exactly what I intended to load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="misterc01, post: 1711745, member: 109160"] I use an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) (expanding on Bill Cauley Jr's comment) which converts your Alternating Current (AC) from the wall to Direct Current (DC) to charge the backup battery, and the DC then proceeds to an inverter circuit that converts the DC back to AC, and out of the UPS to whatever you plug it into it. IF the AC goes out, the battery continues to provide the DC to the inverter so you have AC from the unit. That route also filters and smooths the AC to make it "pure" so there are no little fluctuations in the ac power. It also has a surge suppressor within it to provide that protection. The units usually have two sets of plugs - one for battery backup with the conditioned AC output, and the other for surge suppression. Your critical equipment goes to the battery backup row for maximum protection. Whew! An added benefit is if your unit requires an extended warmup period (mine takes 30 minutes) you don't lose power and have to "start" over if the power goes out. No fans or other varying air currents you can prevent! And don't exhale forcefully in the direction of the pan (don't ask how I know that). Once I have the first charge weighed, I then check it against an ACCURATE beam balance scale - I repeat three times, proceeding when they agree, to load the cases. I double-check the weighs every tenth charge. If they agree, I continue. If they are different, I back up, checking cases until I find where it varied, return incorrectly powder measured to the container, and then recheck the zero on BOTH scales and proceed from there. I also log the charge weigh tin my Reloading Checklist for future reference. Only sounds time consuming and nit-picky, but it goes quickly and I know my powder in the case is exactly what I intended to load. [/QUOTE]
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