UPS (Battery Backup) and TV question (1 Viewer)

[Byron Holston]

Are there any issues or concerns plugging a TV into a UPS? I'm not talking about the entire theater setup. Just the TV and maybe the DirecTV box. It would either be a 50inch Toshiba or a 27inch Wega.
Thanks,
Byron

 

[Carlos_R]

You will only have problems if you underate the UPS.
the UPS will or could have an overcurrent fault sending
the UPS to offline, no backup. TV's have a large in rush
of current, that is the loud thump you hear when you turn
them on.
The UPS (online type) should be rated at 100% load
and the batteries need to be good for backup time wanted
at the 100% load rating.
get a quality UPS. see MGE UPS Systems or APC UPS's
good luck,
carlos_r

 

[Glenn Overholt]

As he suggested, the TV has to draw less power than the UPS, but I'd like to ask why you want to do that? Mine went off a couple of years back in the middle of a show. The UPS beeped every so often, but it wasn't plugged in to my TV. I had a VCR connected to it instead, so I just slipped a tape in and recorded the rest of the show I wanted to see.
If you don't want to miss anything, you should get a generator! Now that is the way to go!
Glenn

 

[Endaf Jones]

I use mine not so I may watch TV when the power goes off (that beeping noise can get quite anoying) but rather to protect the TV from theose deadly sub 1-2 second brown-outs that occure a few times a year.