OT: UPS question

[Alex Snow]

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A 500Va ups will power your average 200-300 watt computer for 25-30 
minutes.  an 800Va will go for around 60.  Add a monitor and of course 
your runtimes will be cut in half or worse.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 
12:14:42AM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote:
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> Hi. This is just imo but I wouldn't trust any definite load figures like that. Instead, I would go by the numbers i.e., wats/VA/KVA. Since I can't read the exact watage figures on all the 
> devices I use, I tend to approximate. Hth.
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 09:18:13PM -0500, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
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> > I have been looking for UPS's on the web and notice that they have a listed
> > backup time.  Is this the minimum backup time if it is fully loaded or the total
> > backup time no matter how much power my computer is using?  I find it rather
> > strange that a UPS that says it will run a 500 watt computer for 50 minutes
> > wouldn't run a 250 watt computer for 100 minutes.
> > 
> > Please forgive the off-topic and n00b question.
> > 
> > Lorenzo
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