Surfing the web on battery backup

TallBill

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Do I have 5 minutes of surfing or 5 hours? What to do? I'm sweating and getting the shakes.
 

TechnoKid

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1000va baby, and i have a 17" crt. Cable modem and router are on battery too. i have about 19 minutes of runtime
 

TallBill

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Originally posted by: quakefiend420
i would guess probably 5 minutes...crt or lcd?

Right now 2 laptops and a router.. 500v.. but who knows how charged it is.
 
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Originally posted by: TechnoKid
1000va baby, and i have a 17" crt. Cable modem and router are on battery too. i have about 19 minutes of runtime

thats not bad...i need to get a ups for my server and main rig...well mostly for the server
 

TallBill

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Ok, the two laptops are running on battery now... Its a race against time!
 

nsafreak

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1400VA rated UPS. 18" LCD & 17" CRT although I can shutdown the CRT easily enough I don't have the router & switch hooked into a UPS as of yet. So if the power goes out no more websurfing for me although I can do a safe shutdown.
 

Crusty

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At my parents house, i've got around 30 minutes before the network dies, 45 minutes before all the computer die, and around 15 minutes before the home theater dies!
 

TechnoKid

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Originally posted by: nsafreak
1400VA rated UPS. 18" LCD & 17" CRT although I can shutdown the CRT easily enough I don't have the router & switch hooked into a UPS as of yet. So if the power goes out no more websurfing for me although I can do a safe shutdown.

hmmmmm me thinks i may have to get 1000va for each component!;) more power..(tim taylor grunt) or a dedicated 5000 watt Honda powered generator.
 

TallBill

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Originally posted by: MCrusty
At my parents house, i've got around 30 minutes before the network dies, 45 minutes before all the computer die, and around 15 minutes before the home theater dies!

Well our main router is in another building that has power, so my internet will stay up as best as it can.