Igor and all, Thanks once again to all those who replied for your input, which proved valuable in making my decision. I ordered last night the unit I initially had my sites set on after thinking everything over. I guess we'll see how things go once I get it, and set it up. Thanks again. Greg On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:51:23AM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Greg, > years ago I purchased an APC Back-UPS RS-1500, max output is around 875W/1500VA > and it will power what I currently have plugged into it for around 3 hours. This > particular unit also supports Apcupsd very well, lots of useful info can be > obtained with the apcaccess utility which simply queries the UPS for whatever > stats it is able to return. Now granted I did get an extra battery for it that > is currently connected, the regular unit with the inbuilt battery by itself > might run things for closer to two hours (just an estimate). Another interesting > thing that I have noticed via running Apcaccess is while you may have all the > outlets taken at any given time, the power that all those devices draw > cumulatively does not equal a steady 120V at any given time. For example, if I > recall I currently have my server, USB hard drive, Ethernet switch, wireless > access point, and perhaps a couple of other things plugged in, and apcaccess > will still report current load as being around the 10-14% range. Good luck > finding a unit! -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org
