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One Last UPS Question

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guptasa1

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Hey guys!
Thanks for all the responses to my previous thread regarding the APC UPS and my PSU. One thing I'm still curious about (posted there, but I doubt everybody who replied originally looked again). Is plugging into a UPS (while it in turn is plugged into a standard outlet) the same as plugging directly into the outlet power wise? Do you get the same amount of watts and everything? I'm just curious as to whether the 410 watt rating only applies to when it uses the battery, or if it applies to using the UPS period! (For example, if I hypothetically had a PC that used 450 watts of power [yeah right] and had a 600 watt PSU, could I still plug it into the UPS and get power while it's plugged in even if the battery functions didn't work). This isn't really important I suppose, but I'm mostly just curious as to how it works.

Thanks,
guptasa1
 
well since this was dropped a little id figured i would reply. i really dont understand the question either 🙂 the "rating" given to the UPS is just for the time it produces power. like 17min@300w. i have one that is 300w but my p00ter+monitor is about 425w. so when it kicks over to the backup, it works fine, i just dont get the 17 minutes, i get more like 5 🙂 power wise it's no different than plugging it into to the wall. and (afaik) as long as there is power from the wall, it's like the ups isnt even there (the ups is off), just like running a surge protector. that help?
 
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