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Posted: 2021-06-30 10:21 PM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 5/16/2011
Hi
I bought an APC back ups es 650va 2 days back... installed the powerchute software and noticed something rather strange;
the idle power consumption on my cpu only (had disconnected the monitor to check out the power usage of my cpu) was at 27watts. i switched off the mains supply and it immediately went to 46 watts. tried it a number of times with the same result.
can anyone please tell me whats up with this?
thanks 🙂
Posted: 2021-06-30 10:21 PM
This reply was originally posted by Jonathan on APC forums on 5/17/2011
You are welcome.
On my end, I normally advise my customer not to exceed 80% of the load to give the unit more time to do graceful shutdown.
Posted: 2021-06-30 10:21 PM
This was originally posted on APC forums on 5/17/2011
Thanks JonPro i guess that could be the only explanation for the behavior... however i am concerned if everything would be consuming 70% more power on backup, my cpu stands at 105 watts at full load, the monitor at a 100 watts. i'm even afraid to test it out at full load now.
Posted: 2021-06-30 10:21 PM
This reply was originally posted by Jonathan on APC forums on 5/17/2011
You are welcome.
On my end, I normally advise my customer not to exceed 80% of the load to give the unit more time to do graceful shutdown.
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