I ended up with the original box fan, a barn fan, two corded drills and an angle grinder... 35.8%. We'll see what that does. Should end up somewhere around 20 - 25 minutes.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:37:44 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] APC Runtime Calibration I found a drill... Only uses half of the power when just free spinning... Off to find other assorted tools that I can wire-tie on. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Hammett <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 11:15:34 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [AFMUG] APC Runtime Calibration Heaters? We don't need no stinkin heaters! ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:12:05 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] APC Runtime Calibration If this is an older unit, I believe you need to put it under 50% + load, and run it until it shuts down. A small portable heater works well for this. On 7/11/2015 11:07 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I changed out some batteries in a Smart-UPS 3000. I have a standard box fan on it for a constant load during runtime calibrations. The web interface reports 10 minutes of usage at 4.6% load. If I unplug it from the wall, it'll run for about 3 hours. I've done this cycle two or three times and I can't get it to report any more than 10 minutes. it has the newest firmware available. Ideas on how to fix this? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
