UPS buying suggestion

yudi v yudi.tux at gmail.com
Tue Oct 15 07:35:07 UTC 2013


yes, but it does not tell you how long the UPS will be able to support

> the 400W. It sounds to me that
>

I only need it to shutdown the system cleanly, so I am guessing less than
5mins is more than enough.


> As you need the current anyway, I would use an ampere meter to
> determine the exact current drawn. I got already some surprises there.
>
> I would sugggest an UPS above 1000VA. I have currently this in use:
>
>
> I think 1000VA is overkill for a little server, I am going to get this
power monitor
<http://steplight.com.au/monitor/plug-in-electricity-power-meter/>and see
what the exact numbers are and then decide.


-- 
Kind regards,
Yudi


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