yeah in an outdoor enclosure, unless you leave your windows open On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Chuck McCown via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> Is that one winter in a non temperature controlled environment? I > would assume in an office environment they would be pretty stable. > > *From:* That One Guy via Af <af@afmug.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2014 9:21 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] APC "load in watts" > > I only use that number to know when we exceed 50% so we know we need to > go to the next size UPS. I had a chart APC sent me once, basically once you > hit 50% your run time cliffs. The cool thing about APC and their batteries > is that none of the numbers matter after one winter, they do whatever they > want even with recalibration > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Seth Mattinen via Af <af@afmug.com> > wrote: > >> On 10/28/14, 7:31 AM, Adam Moffett via Af wrote: >> >>> This is the first time I've ever taken a very close look at the >>> management page on one of the APC's here. I had been thinking they were >>> somebody else's problem. >>> >>> Why do I see "Load in Watts" with a value of 10.4%? My first thought >>> was maybe the % was a typo, but 10.4 watts sounds too low. Second >>> thought was maybe it's 10.4% of 1500VA....but that sounds too high. No >>> matter what it makes no sense. Anybody know what I'm supposed to learn >>> by reading this? (other than the programmer failed English) >>> >>> >>> >> >> That's a percentage of full load watts, adjusted for power factor, which >> on APC should be .8 of the VA rating. The VA is a bigger number and thus >> used for marketing. Nicer UPS systems will have variable PF and should >> display that value, too. Real power vs. apparent power in non-linear loads, >> so pretty much all computer equipment. >> >> ~Seth >> > > > > -- > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
