At 9/15/2008 16:03, you wrote:
>Bob,
>All standard residential utility meters read out in kilowatt hours. That
>is the basis for their tarrifs and billing. You are charged on the
>actual kilowatt hour use. The ups reading lower on actual battery
>operation MAY mean the charger is disabled and all y
low power factors are bad -- you pay for the higher VA, but are only
using the lower watts to do actual work !!
I'm really surprised that USP doesn't have a PFC front end to bring
everything back into line.
Bob M. wrote:
>
> I have an APC SU2200 (SmartUPS, 2200VA) 3U tall, that I put new
> bat
Bob,
All standard residential utility meters read out in kilowatt hours. That
is the basis for their tarrifs and billing. You are charged on the
actual kilowatt hour use. The ups reading lower on actual battery
operation MAY mean the charger is disabled and all you are seeing is
magnetizing cur
I have an APC SU2200 (SmartUPS, 2200VA) 3U tall, that I put new batteries in a
few months ago. So far it's just sitting, plugged in, turned off, with no load.
I got curious as to how much power it was sucking out of the wall outlet, so I
plugged the UPS into my Kill-A-Watt device and plugged tha
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