OT: UPS question

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Lorenzo,

You are correct. I have a small unit that powers only my tower, 
modem/router, and synthesizer, which gives me only 4.5 minutes when 
power fails. But if I let it see only the peripherals for a while, it 
reports it can handle them for an hour or so. The software that monitors 
the state of the UPS reports its current charge state and gives an 
estimate of how long the current load can be sustained in the absence of 
power input. It also can gracefully shut your system down and bring it 
up again if you have ACPI enabled in the kernel.

So take the web postings with a grain of salt.

Chuck

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:26:03AM -0500, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
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> So you are saying that the "backup time is only an estimate and if I put a less
> powerful PC on it that it will actually run longer?  Just hoping I am
> understanding correctly.
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> Lorenzo
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