Not quite. Most UPS's around 2KVA and below are 'off-line', ie straight feed-through. Far far cheaper to make. You pay through your ears for an on-line UPS as it requires a full power down and up converter.
Regards Roland 2008/11/29 Mark Wendt (Contractor) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kirk, > > See, that's the thing - most UPS's "don't" have to come > on-line instantly. They're already on-line. When you plug your > machine into an UPS, you are getting filtered power from the > batteries. Most of the time, you are basically getting some high > class surge protection from the UPS, since all the power is filtered > through the batteries and converted back to AC on the output. When > there's a power outage, there's no switch to trip in the UPS to "turn > it on" because it's already "on." They are on-line all the time. > > If you ran the computer headless, you really wouldn't be > using a whole lot of power with just the base unit. About the amount > of a 100 watt bulb most of the time. > > Mark > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
