-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > 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: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > 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 > > - -- > > Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint. > > -- Mark Twain > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFD1DzlG9IpekrhBfIRAtZ9AJ0R3ClHyaxQyy4zhdka0Hn0e6O8PgCfSJvK > > e3mr9fE8vC8Bsynt0OZXEu8= > > =S0mn > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little > security will deserve neither and lose both. > - -- Benjamin Franklin > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIVAwUBQ9RmQqe2pgKIdGq4AQq9Rg//cG7vyzS7QjKK3vwaUrrkWFMjUowOH6FV > WhxZ3KULmMvrIDq8f4xIRjBfedRwfTEDFgS/8dGV4TumLvsCfb1pRaPO9JgpEmOo > vx+kW0YSVSofXF8mJZAjE+PY8/Tls1/MKTbLgKrhqcF5NkUxKpQ42Q3kR3oa6UfM > 00wqZQtfgkxsRHyD2Qc9anD6jasatuiE4Dbx6Vi0RlIynLD9fMOR4Zz2rNOTVQxL > 06BBZv78fahNU92+etEs0cBt81gJrx2VVzzAdsuOX1yFqLLqXHF/TSS/4VVkXoNS > 6MtLtgJmWysPFq7p8cryVHRlZllzGpgNwC2iCQOqHjoL7ZjMtV/dw1FSAjZWwzQg > 2Aw+0aj+tHc2tKvuH8iXSDMvM0OMbsYHpHTVy/OB/0woELHAk6SnBOF8sLfOtAas > wZUg4yuHFuXe9JuzKhh6pGJB8AwXHqEB6x/3T9KBCJfrpepPYyRHUB5ywS29b1cd > xbCB+ybcV4Ae24/4UfLmjEYPLapRra251VIE++LcmY+006GsqqSwpxNa0lkzbRCY > sMe+Q9uWKmFBgWt+64StguSy+ZOXrQTXmfeZNKFLFZU/M7Kc2hPeqARRlAhbHN/Y > 2IftKrdganaT8Hyt1jJw5btgAsHgtqlCl5iglIwgZ5QFGWecbI4REgtWNK4D3Gv2 > NsEizPuTaQY= > =XY0u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Intel engineering seem to have misheard Intel marketing strategy. The phrase was "Divide and conquer" not "Divide and cock up" -- Alan Cox, iialan at www.linux.org.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD1TOv9XVrM3ri110RAgCpAJ0QTuGM+FlOQhWDZ6YHtlnBKIbuZwCfegRY cx0UzG9UnqlsBaB3g0sgzr4= =MmcW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----