[X4U] OT: Belkin UPS

[Lee Morgan]

Just what the @#$%()* does "VA" mean in this context, and how does it
correlate to watts?  We just had to add a couple of UPS's for our servers,
and I could not get the vendor of one server to give me an idea of what
capacity UPS we needed.


On 7/7/06 10:16 AM, "Neil" <Lists at mac.com> wrote:

> on 7/6/06 7:22 PM, Linda wrote:
> 
>> Q: If it has never worked correctly, did you hook up the battery when you
>> first purchased it? Not all UPS are ready to go out of the box. Some of them
>> require a little bit of prep before you can use them.
> 
> I didn't do anything at all to set it up.  I just plugged it in.  In fact,
> this is what I assumed was the problem.  I thought a Belkin owner would tell
> me to push some button twice and hold it for a few seconds while I stand on
> my head and that would turn on the UPS feature.   ;)
> 
>> Dunno. The 750VA is just 400 watts, the 550VA is 330 watts, the 1100 is just
>> 660 watts, so the number in the name is not necessarily the capacity. The
>> 750VA is "geared toward entry level computers" according to Belkin's website
>> (I imagine the 750VA is an upgrade of your year-old 720VA). I'm not sure a
>> dual G5 qualifies as an entry level computer, or not. I'd double-check
>> whether you're overloading the beast.
> 
> If the bad cell turns out not to be "definitive," then this is my next
> guess.  I just remembered that my external drive cases each have four hard
> drives.  That makes eight external hard drives.  Add that on top of my dual
> G5, powered speakers, 20" display, and iBook.  That's starting to sound like
> a lot although I think I had the problem back before I added the drives,
> speakers, and iBook.  It didn't occur to me that there could be an effective
> wattage limit in addition to the volt-amp limit (720).
> 
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