Size may not matter…

05Nov04

…but my UPS is much bigger than yours.

Surplus APC Smart-UPS 2200 3U from work for roughly $1 per pound.

My normal running gear — five PCs, one 17″ and two 20″ LCDs, couple of phones, etc — lights up just one of the five load LEDs. I wonder how much stuff I would need to turn on to get two? :-D

2 Responses to “Size may not matter…”


  1. 1 sysadmn Posted November 8th, 2004 - 12:57 pm

    The real question is, how many load bars light up when you start all five PC’s at the same time? Often gear will draw a lot of current starting up (charging capacitors, spinning up drives and fans, etc), then drop off.

  2. 2 Bryce Posted November 17th, 2004 - 9:53 am

    It’s still just one bar, not that it would matter. When the power goes out I usually start turning PCs off, not on.

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