What is the energy usage when this UPS is powered on? I am concerned about the efficiency. It seems to give off much more heat than my desktop tower
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I cant give you the wattage / efficiency but mine temps at ~ 94' F in a 73'F room measured at the top of the case. I have had it for several years with no problems. My previous APC brand UPS got a little warm too. Hope that helps. Perhaps the MFG can give you more tech specs.
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I agree with Derrick Davis, it all depends on how much you are running on it. The UPS is only designed to run long enough for a proper shutdown of the computer in case of a power outage. A minute to save your work, a minute to shut down should be all you need.
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Theoretically it is 3% more efficient in its use of power. Realistically you will notice no difference. This power supply is a pure luxury supply. There are more powerful, cheaper supplies, but this one is built like a 1970s Mercedes Benz. Rock solid luxury, for a price.
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Actually Volt-Amps and Watts are both Power measurements. However, due to the inevitable presence of capacitance and inductance in the UPS circuitry as well as the load connected to it, the UPS is rated at a reasonable maximum output of 900W.
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Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for... » Read More Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards « Show Less
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Yes, this model 1500VAC / 900watts is capable of running them for several hours. It's all based upon the exact amount of current the three items consumes. I have three similar items and looking at their identification plates I can see that the total power consumed is is just under 2 amps therefore this UPS should allow them to operate more than 6 hours.
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I don't know either. I don't use it on battery. And I keep it plugged into my PC's UPS.
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That is the issue. If you want really long endurance off the grid you need to consider inverters, charge controllers and deep cycle batteries. All these cost a bit more and occupy more space. I've used this APC unit for 3 years with my database server and it has worked flawlessly. It is big and heavy for a UPS, but it keeps up my sever for about 2 hours when new. Monitor is off and the other equipment is run from a separate UPS.
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It is rated at 65W running entirely off of the PCIe slot. I don't know actual consumption.
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I have a receiver, blu ray player, Apple TV, direct tv box, 63" Samsung plasma, and router all plugged in. With all components in standby, total power consumption is about 40 watts. Also, it doesn't seem warm at all. Hope this helps!
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Not sure about that Enoch. What I can tell you is that several of the circuits in the house have electronics (Flat panel TV's, AV receivers, computers etc) as well as UPS units. When I first tested the unit, it worked fine but the UPS units went crazy - beeping and b*tching about the auxiliary power. I checked the output using a KILL-A-WATT meter (great investment, by the way) and found that the cycle (Hz) was running a bit low (like ~59.something). You can adjust the Hz by adjusting the idle/governor (do a Google search on this unit). I put a load on the generator and adjusted the idle/governor to remain as close to 60.0 Hz as possible and no more problems. None! We recently had an outage and had the generator on line for about 4 hours. Not one peep out of the UPS nor did we notice anything unusual on the computers or television. My original opinion of this generator remains the same. It is a great value for the price and provides us with all the power we need during outages.
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None - it's USB. From their site: "The user selectable ECO mode removes power to computer peripherals connected to the ECO designated outlets when the UPS detects the computer, connected to the UPS via USB, is turned off or in sleep mode."
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It depends on the load on UPS. If you are utilizing only 10% of UPS capacity, it should last much longer.
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Greetings,Great question!Your power consumption will definitely vary depending on the components you install. A good starting point for a basic configuration (65W TDP CPU, A couple of hard drives) will be around 100W. Make sure you check the power requirements of any large components you decide to add (e.g., video card).Best regards,MITXPC
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Uninterrupted Power Supply. Yes, you should be ok to use this with a UPS. It really comes down to what your plugging into the whole system that will dictate how the UPS acts.
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I got to ask, are you sure it's hooked up to the "Battery" side of the UPS and not the "Surge" part? I don't know what type of UPS you have, but I have had several friends find out the hard way that not all the outlets on the UPS are the same. Roughly only half of the outlets are connected to the UPS's battery while the other half are basically just a fancy surge protector/extension cord type outlets with NO battery back up even though they are a part of the UPS.
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It doesn't use much, I think I noticed my power supply using about 150mA/.150A.