<div dir="ltr">Thanks Tim,<br><br>While several Ghana schools/libraries/dormitories overspent on UPS equipment for similar Internet-in-a-Box NUC schools servers last summer (XSCE) perhaps it was wise after all!<br><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Moody</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@timmoody.com">tim@timmoody.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:31 AM<br>Subject: [XSCE] UPS woes<br>To: xsce-devel <<a href="mailto:xsce-devel@googlegroups.com">xsce-devel@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday evening in rural Toronto we had a 4 hour power outage. I thought it was a great chance to try out my new UPS.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I bought a 550VA unit to power ADSL modem, router, switch, VoIP switch, and nuc. 550Ah; should last hours.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Well, 550VA is really 350W, but that is not 350W for an hour, it's just some quasi-magical load rating.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The real capacity is the internal battery, which seems to be 12V 7Ah, of course before all the inefficiencies.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So it only lasted an hour.<br clear="all"><br>--<br></p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <a href="http://unleashkids.org" target="_blank">http://unleashkids.org</a> !</div></div>
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