How to put one room (lights, & outlets) on a single UPS cheaply.

Several of you have inquired how to have battery backup power for an operating room, gate house, CEO's bathroom, or other vital room with a UPS.

The best solution is to have your UPS feed circuits in your electrical panel.  It breaks down like this:

• Identify the circuit(s) or breaker in your UPS that you want to protect
• Size the UPS to the total breaker size  (1 - 15amp x 120v = 1800va)
• Install a new circuit and outlet for the UPS back to the panel  (keep the UPS close to the panel)
• Install a new power inlet nearby and connect that to the panel
• Junction in the panel your home run circuit for your room to the new inlet power circuit
• Plug the UPS into the new outlet, and connect the UPS's output to the power inlet

Presto... now that circuit runs through the UPS.  Here is what you would see below your panel.

Here is another application with a line drawing.