550 Run Time estimate seems incorrect?

[Anonymous user]

Hi All,

Have just installed ES 550 G and Power Chute 3.0.0.1 on XP System.

Power Chute is showing:

1. Fully charged battery -- meaning it arrived fully charged.

2. Estimated 49 minutes Run time -- this seems way high. Before purchase the estimator came up with 8 mins.

I have plugged into battery:

PC -- Dell Dim 4700 Pentium 4
Monitor -- HP 22 inch LCD
Router
Modem

Can I trust this run time estimate?? Anyway to check it? Appreciate all comments.

Thanks,

Bill

[BillP]

What does the software show for your load ? Under Monitor system, Current status, it should show "load on battery back up".

[Anonymous user]

After forcing an outage, it is working correctly now -- showing run time 14 minutes.

Bill

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

There is no entry for load on battery.

As I think about it, it may be because there has never been an outage yet.

Bill