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Can I use my car battery for my UPS?

No Automotive Lead Acid batteries and Industrial Lead Acid batteries are different calss of batteries. Automotive Lead Acid batteries are used for starting an engine which requires a very high current for a few seconds. Once the engine starts a small current is used for ignition and lighting and the battery is already charging in parallel. Hence the automotive batteries are designed with thin flat plates that are designed to provide high current discharge for a very low duration. The plate thickness is typically below 2 mm. However the containers are very robust since they are mounted in moving vehicles and should withstand jolts and severe vibrations. But in Industrial Lead Acid batteries, which we are used in our UPS/Inverters are designed for variable and extendable loads and are hence more complex in design than automotive batteries.

Other Questions

1. Can I use my car battery for my UPS?
2. What are the difference between automotive batteries and industrial batteries?
3. What are the different types of Industrial Batteries ?
4. What are the difference between Flat and Tubular battery?
5. What is float life?
6. What is cycle life?
7. What is Ah of a battery?
8. What are the terms C5, C10, C20 etc means?
9. Why the battery over sizing has to be considered while calculating backup times for a UPS.?
10. Does overcharging or undercharging affect batteries?
11. Does sealed batteries are safe from over charging?
12. Can I use any charger for charging my batteries?
13. Does “Overdischarging” damage batteries?
14. How to evaluate the health of a battery?