Ups doesn't like the inverter

[tRoN]

I have 3 PC's and a router connected to a UPS.
I bought an MSW 1400w inverter setup and connected the power to the inverter. Now when the power is out the UPS's click like mad as if alternating between AC and battery mode. Then it settles down but the UPS now beeps as if there is no power to it.

Probably has to do with the inverter pushing out MSW to the UPS and it doesn't like that?

Any solutions?

Btw this does not happen when I connect a gennie to the UPS's.

 

[supersunbird]

Now what do you mean? Do you have a inverter with a battery bank powering your smaller UPSs?

 

[tRoN]

Now what do you mean? Do you have a inverter with a battery bank powering your smaller UPSs?

No. The UPS's were always there and I've been using a gennie currently. The UPs gives us time to plug in the gennie.
Now with the inverter, I'm keeping it charged in another room ready for use in an outage.

 

[supersunbird]

No. The UPS's were always there and I've been using a gennie currently. The UPs gives us time to plug in the gennie.
Now with the inverter, I'm keeping it charged in another room ready for use in an outage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_inverter

So where does the inverter get its DC voltage (normally from batteries or solar power) to turn into AC current? (a bought UPS already had an inverter in it for example)

I suspect you either using the wrong term or something else. Maybe a pic of the device will help?

 

[mister]

UPS does not like MSW as input. No surprises here, don't do it.

 

[supersunbird]

Ah, a modified sine wave, that's makes some sense now (and people gasp when I want to buy and expensive pure sign wave one because of the cost).

Any reason your are not using the inverter (and wherever it gets its DC power) directly all the time tRon?

 

[tRoN]

Ah, a modified sine wave, that's makes some sense now (and people gasp when I want to buy and expensive pure sign wave one because of the cost).

Any reason your are not using the inverter (and wherever it gets its DC power) directly all the time tRon?

DC power from deep cycle batteries.

The "relative" bulkiness of the setup means that it's kept in another room and an extension run to the the multi plug where the 3 UPS's are attached when there is an outage. (Like we do currently with the gennie outside)