On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Julian Thomas wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/21/2000
>
> at 02:08 PM, Gary Nielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >Suspecting that perhaps there was a conflict between the modem and the
> >cable running from thte UPS to the serial port, I disconnected the cable
> >from both sources and tried my brutal test again with the modem online.
> >What do you think happened? The UPS kicked into voltage overload right
> >away. So I am *presuming* that this is not a software issue.
>
> I'm wondering if the internal modem is enough of a power hog to make the
> difference. They are notorious for this.
>
>
Mmm, interesting. The APC UPS handles 420 watts and the Best Power unit
handles 470. The Best Power unit, without the cabling and unattended
shutdown software, handles the equipment just fine. How much of a power
hog are internal modems. I know nothing about this. Would it be reasonable
or unreasonable to expect a Pentium III 600 with 2 internal hard drives, a
CD-RW drive, a modem and a monitor to exceed 420 watts? I did not know
that internal modems are notorious power hogs.
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