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Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post
Recently I asked about suggestions regarding a UPS. I ended up
getting an 875 VA 525 Watt "Geek Squad" model from Best Buy - yeah, yeah, everyone says Geek Squad stuff is overhyped junk, but at $69 on sale, the price seemed right. It seems to handle my 2 computers fine - a PIV 2.4 gig and a PIII 933 mhz sharing a monitor. With both machines and the monitor on, the onboard readout shows them well below the unit's max capacity, drawing about .250 - .260 kw (which I assume translates to 250 - 260 watts) , with an estimated run time of 9 minutes with both computers. More than enough to get me through short hit outages with both machines running. Interesting to note how much of a difference the monitor makes. Without the monitor - a 17" MAG CRT, the draw for both computers drops under 200 watts and the estimate run time for the 2 computers goes from 9 mins to 15mins. Over 20 mins with just one computer running but no monitor. Since this thing has a built-in watt usage meter, any reason I couldn't hook it up to say a refrigerator or TV to check how much wattage they're using? |
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