UPS for Kickr

[madmarc]

Okay so i know this is an old thread but on topic

Current round of load-shedding for my area right over my ID training time in the afternoon

I bought a UA60 Kstar UPS (spec can be found here https://www.kstar.com/LineInteractiveUPS/10162.jhtml)  some months back basically to run my WiFi during load-shedding and wanted to know if it would run my Kickr for an hour using TR app off my iPhone - I go searching Google, because I'm a dumbass on all things electrical especially calculations and i get brought onto this thread.

The long and short of it i got 1 hr 20 min before the UPS shut down - Maybe this info helps answer if a 600 ronds UPS will run a Kickr trainer  

[ChrisF]

4 minutes ago, madmarc said:

Okay so i know this is an old thread but on topic

Current round of load-shedding for my area right over my ID training time in the afternoon

I bought a UA60 Kstar UPS (spec can be found here https://www.kstar.com/LineInteractiveUPS/10162.jhtml)  some months back basically to run my WiFi during load-shedding and wanted to know if it would run my Kickr for an hour using TR app off my iPhone - I go searching Google, because I'm a dumbass on all things electrical especially calculations and i get brought onto this thread.

The long and short of it i got 1 hr 20 min before the UPS shut down - Maybe this info helps answer if a 600 ronds UPS will run a Kickr trainer  

 

The problem is that these little batteries DONT like a full drain .....

 

We bit the bullet in 2019.  105Ah gel battery and a Victron Multiplus unit. This is just ups on steroids.

 

Tv, media and wifi is permanently connected to this.

 

Our loadshed started at 18.00 .... system just carried on

 

A typical loadshed use less than 30% of the battery capacity, so many years of service.

 

I can connect a lead if I need the home pc during this period..... or run the Kikr ...

[madmarc]

19 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

The problem is that these little batteries DONT like a full drain .....

 

We bit the bullet in 2019.  105Ah gel battery and a Victron Multiplus unit. This is just ups on steroids.

 

Tv, media and wifi is permanently connected to this.

 

Our loadshed started at 18.00 .... system just carried on

 

A typical loadshed use less than 30% of the battery capacity, so many years of service.

 

I can connect a lead if I need the home pc during this period..... or run the Kikr ...

Well to be honest the Trainer didn't completely drain the UPS - Kickr was connected probably for 1 hr 10 min and it was still running when I finished and disconnected it - I then switched on my WiFi router and about 10 - 15 minutes later the UPS started beeping faster which means it about to shut down and then the power came on. 

[Frosty]

The short answer is YES, it will work but for how long is what you're asking. Even though you've replied while I was typing, I found this quite useful from Shane Miller (aka GPLama).

He listed the power consumption at different power outputs and gears/rpms. On a Kickr pushing 200W in 53/17 at 100rpm, you'll use 2.5W - that's nothing. If you do harder efforts, you can see how much more it consumes.

https://gplama.blogspot.com/2016/08/smart-trainer-mains-power-usage.html

 

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

The short answer is YES, it will work but for how long is what you're asking. Even though you've replied while I was typing, I found this quite useful from Shane Miller (aka GPLama).

He listed the power consumption at different power outputs and gears/rpms. On a Kickr pushing 200W in 53/17 at 100rpm, you'll use 2.5W - that's nothing. If you do harder efforts, you can see how much more it consumes.

https://gplama.blogspot.com/2016/08/smart-trainer-mains-power-usage.html

 

That is very low power draw