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UPS for 2-3 hours backup

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sanju_nlp81 Original post #1
May 29, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Hi Guys!! Well a family friend of our has asked me to suggest a ups to run his pc and a inkjet printer for 2-3 or more hours of backup. Preferably APC.

Help me ??
asingh
asingh #2
May 29, 2010 at 9:38 PM
^^
It depends, how much he will load the system. Give us the whole system set up, can calculate and let you know.
A
May 30, 2010 at 7:16 AM
Hi Guys!! Well a family friend of our has asked me to suggest a ups to run his pc and a inkjet printer for 2-3 or more hours of backup. Preferably APC.

Help me ??

*www.apc.com/tools/ups_selector/index.cfm

use above tool to calculate.........for 2-3 hrs back up means a big ups......which would cost you a lot.
asingh
asingh #4
May 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM
^^
That link is nice, but no accountability for GPU....!

This seems a good option, to calculate.
A
May 30, 2010 at 10:21 AM
ok then after power consumption calculation this should help..............
*www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=165
coderunknown
May 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM
i not sure how it helped OP, but helped me a lot. thanks to both :razz: