So what happens if I plug a UPS back into itself...and power it up.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - So what happens if I plug a UPS back into itself...and power it up.

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:45:50 PM EDT

Anyway, I bought a new desktop computer and needed a UPS unit with a true sine wave to meet the current class of computer power supplies.

My old unit is an APC ES-650, so I upgraded to a Cyber Power sine wave model.

Now I have this old UPS, and as I was wrapping the cord around it so I can store it in the basement, the logical thought occurred to me. Wrap the cord around it then plug it into itself to keep it from unraveling.

Then I thought "wait, don't do that".

Then I thought "why not".

Then yeah, I figured why not power it up in that state to see what happens? That's where I chickened out.

I just upgraded from this:

To this:

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:46:56 PM EDT

[#1]

It will run FOREVER...

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:48:21 PM EDT

[#2]

Resonance and inverter self-destruction.

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:48:44 PM EDT

[#3]

I dont know what any of that means. But it sounds like it could create a black hole and consume the whole world. So don't do that please.

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:51:22 PM EDT

[#4]

That is not how it works.

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:51:31 PM EDT

[#5]

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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:53:23 PM EDT

[#6]

Entropy?

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:54:27 PM EDT

[#7]

I was going to chime in about the sine wave how it may not charge it well
but you seem to maybe have a better one

most times the cheap ones I had didnt power up devices too well, as I was trying to power security cameras and dvr, monitor off of them

im just wondering if the battery can put out more then the internal charger uses
and if you will have any excess power maybe to run a little device like a phone charger

but in the end the cheap battery will be the weak spot

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:55:28 PM EDT

[#8]

perpetual motion dude.

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:55:47 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:55:56 PM EDT

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So to counter that, what if I plug the new one into the old one, then the old one BACK into the new one?

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:57:19 PM EDT

[#11]

It will watch itself die?

Posted: 12/19/2014 10:59:25 PM EDT

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That's not how ANY of this works.

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:00:06 PM EDT

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It might "loop" the charge for some time, but it requires quite a bit of battery juice to create 110v through the inverter, so the return charge will be very small.

In other words, the batteries will die.

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:01:08 PM EDT

[#14]

Well, it depends upon your unit.

Considering that most of the better units will have an approximate 87% efficiency, based on the battery size you can calculate how long the thing will go before it shuts itself down...

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:02:44 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:03:06 PM EDT

[#16]

full proton reversal

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:04:29 PM EDT

[#17]

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There are videos on youtube of idiots trying to create perpetual motion machines by hooking generators up to electric motors and plugging the motor into the generator it is powering. They run for a surprisingly long time, longer than I thought they would at least.

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:04:38 PM EDT

[#18]

Depends. Is the UPS on a treadmill?

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:04:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:04:48 PM EDT

[#20]

Plug in a treadmill and put a plane on it too! Maybe then add a wind turbine too!

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:05:07 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:05:24 PM EDT

[#22]

It depends on how fast the treadmill is spinning

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:10:10 PM EDT

[#23]

I'm sorry to inform you that you accidentally figured out cold fusion.

The nice men that will knock on your door in half an hour won't hurt you, just go with them quietly

Posted: 12/19/2014 11:14:19 PM EDT

[#24]

I've done it. it just hummed loudly.

Posted: 12/20/2014 3:28:58 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/20/2014 3:31:03 PM EDT

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Anyway, I bought a new desktop computer and needed a UPS unit with a true sine wave to meet the current class of computer power supplies.

My old unit is an APC ES-650, so I upgraded to a Cyber Power sine wave model.

Now I have this old UPS, and as I was wrapping the cord around it so I can store it in the basement, the logical thought occurred to me. Wrap the cord around it then plug it into itself to keep it from unraveling.

Then I thought "wait, don't do that".

Then I thought "why not".

Then yeah, I figured why not power it up in that state to see what happens? That's where I chickened out.

I just upgraded from this:
http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/BE650G.jpg

To this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gvARsxC%2BL._SL1000_.jpg

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Higgs-Boson. Go for it!

Posted: 12/20/2014 3:53:21 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/20/2014 4:29:50 PM EDT

[#28]

Fusion?

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