Re: Belkin Bargain UPS at Misco

Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:52:39 UTC, Chronos <chronos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After replacing Bob Eager with a small shell script on Sunday 26 Feb
2006 23:32, the following appeared on stdout:

500VA is not 500W....!
...and what 500VA is will depend on the power factor of your PSU (both
the computer and the monitor plus any peripherals you plug into the
UPS). Some are PF corrected, but most aren't.

I generally use a factor of two-thirds, as a rule of thumb.

I was going to chip in and say multiply by about .7, so I'm kind with you on two-thirds.

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