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EE ufies a question on AC conversion by robertltux2013-02-21 05:55:44
  Before we get into exotic answers: by RetiQlum22013-02-21 08:48:47
    asking for the general case by robertltux2013-02-21 09:09:52
      That AC > DC > AC occurs between grid segments by kahuana2013-02-21 16:16:50
        also high end UPSes will do that by Freakazoid 2013-02-21 17:50:34
full time to eliminate power issues and deliver clean power to the servers.
battery kicks in in case of power outage with basically no interruption in power.

course i've also heard of some places that are using flywheels* instead for the scant few minutes it takes for a generator to fire up.

*think large disks in a good vacuum spinning at quite high speeds.
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          Everything old is new again. by retiqlum22013-02-21 18:23:35

 

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