[SunRescue] Question #1 -- UPS Choice for Sun...

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earl Baugh [mailto:earl at baugh.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 8:52 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SunRescue] Question #1 -- UPS Choice for Sun...
> 
> My UPS is going south...bad batteries...it's an APC, so I 
> know that I can upgrade/trade it in, but I was wondering where 
> I can find wattage info so I'll have a better idea which 
> model to choose (the APC chooser is just too damn 
> stupid...always suggest BackUPS 1000, BackUPS Pro 1000, 
> SmartUPS 1000, regardless of what settings I seem to feed 
> it...)  I got this Powercel orginally as a Christmas
> Present (my parents have always gotten me useful computer
> stuff for gifts...) so it wasn't specifically spec'ed 
> for my machine load or anything.  Basically, I've got 
> an SS10, external 4mm & external CD (same chassis)
> and a 20in monitor.  I looked on the back of the monitor
> and didn't see any load info, nor did I see anything on
> the SS10.  I suspect James has this info right on the
> top of his head...8-)

The PS on the SS10 isn't very big (either physically or in terms of
Volt*Amps).  Are you sure there aren't any numbers on those?  Might have to
open the SS10 and look right on the PS itself, but I'm pretty sure it's
there.  The monitor is probably <200 watts, how much less depends on how old
it is, the newer it is, the less power it should draw.  That's probably the
biggest draw, so a 1K UPS should be plenty large, unless you're going for 4
day runtime or something.
	Greg