[rescue] UPS rescue, now what?

Koyote koyote at koyote.cx
Wed Jul 31 10:47:40 CDT 2002


> well, how much do you use the stove?  A full electric stove/oven can
> approach circuit limit if you light up all the burners and the oven at
> once.  Of course most people seldom do that.  And the UPS will most
> likely not approach its maximum under normal circumstances, that maximum
> has to be rated for full load plus full charge, and hopefully it will
> never be charging.

The UPs is way overkill- I need to keep a pair of ultra1s and a unipack running. So charge and *full* load won't be an issue. (OTOH, I can survive a bit more than a 3 minute outage)
I can't remember the last time I used more than 2 burners at once.

-C



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