[geeks] APC UPS question

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 10:36 -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>>Went to CompUSA and picked up a Conext-brand 950KVA/540W UPS
>>temporarily, then got home and found out that my old UPS was a
>>1KVA/950W.  So, the new UPS can hold up all the network equipment and
>>Amy's PC, but not my Mac as well.  I've put a 350W APC UPS on the iMac
>>temporarily...
> 
> 
> Err, no typos there, right?  That's a huge difference in power factor
> between those two UPS units.  I wonder which one is more realistic...
> 
> Not real sure about the UPS being dead, but I'd be inclined to rip it
> open and see if there is anything obviously smoked.

It would be a 950VA UPS, instead of a 950 kVA one.  I use UPS's that big 
(>950kVA), and they're so big that it would take up most of your house.  8-)

Peace...  Sridhar