@Aki - I agree with you on this atleast on paper. We are APC Partners. I have been trained by APC and have all the certs. On this case I found this out when the client could not afford the 3KVA SMART for their servers. They opted for that 1.5 kva smart and one of their techies told me it withstood 3+ hours. I also did not believe till when I was to supply another server we tested it in the office and it maintained it !!! from last year I have supplied 50+ factories with the same SUA1500i. They have frequent blackouts upcountry too so they always rely on the battery power. On APC batteries I assure you the genuine ones RBC last btw 3-5 years !!! But they will cost a pretty penny to replace!! Me facts !! Alvin On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:17 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Hallo Alvin :-)
APC has done an excellent thing as a manufacturer to have put up the Time versus Load graph and I believe it is pretty accurate. I'm not sure how you can get 3 hours on the 1.5kva ups unless the load is less than 50watts which for a server is impossible. Even a laptop takes up about 75-100Watts. Unless your client has added additional battery banks, than it is fine. But the bigger problem then is the drain/charge cycle. Drain @standard 400w load = 30 minutes while Battery recharge = 3 hours. This would mean major investments in not only battery banks but external supply and charging too. The cost has just shot up very steeply.
Me thots and rush rush...
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com> wrote:
@ AKI ... I am sure this UPS can hold several hours !!
I use one for an ML 110 and it works perfectly.....
Have also implemented the same in KTDA Factories countrywide over 50 sites They use IBM Servers X3500 M3 for those. a minimum of 3 hours nonstop....
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