My advice would be to purchase a used 600VA-1kVA UPS and find a way to wire your batteries to it and keep it reasonably cool while running. The older and bigger the better (the new units are designed very 'tightly' and will have trouble running for a longer time). Building one from scratch for a one off is not reasonable imho. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu