BR1500GI Surge-only ports rating

[BillP]

Why isn't there any "rating" (voltage and amperage) printed in the back of my BR1500GI (near the outlets)? I only see 230V 10A in the Input port of the UPS. With lower-end APC UPS (colored white) in our office, I see there are three ratings, one for the input port, one for the battery outlet ports, and one for the surge-only outlet ports. Now I'm wondering how much load is the limit of surge-only outlet ports and battery-backup outlet ports?

Please advise.

[BillP]

BUMP!

[BillP]

We don't have an rating for each individual outlet. We have a 10amp circuit breaker on the output and typically the power cords used are rated for 10amps as well.

[BillP]

Ok. So basically, I should never increase 10A combined current draw on ALL the loads that are connected to the UPS?

[BillP]

Bump!

[Anonymous user]

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[BillP]

Barryware, why did you delete your message?

[Anonymous user]

Because.. I linked you to the spec sheet that states surge protection of the outlets (in joules).. After re-reading your post, I think you are more interested in capacity in amps / watts. I could not find a way to completely delete my post.

A simple solution would be to look at the reset / circuit breaker for the line in. All the outlets combined capacity would be equil to the capacity of the line in circuit breaker.

[BillP]

You are correct, I am interested with the voltage and current capacity of the surge only outlet ports.

What do you mean? Where do I get that line in information?

[BillP]

But why do older APC UPS (white-colored units) have 2 general rating, 1 for the battery backup outlets and 1 for the surge-only protected outlets?

That 10amp circuit breaker you mentioned, is it for the battery backup outlets (collective), for the surge-only protected outlets (collective), or for all outlets combined? The input port has a 230V 10A input rating though.

[BillP]

the breaker is for all the outlets. It's not specific to any one outlet or group of outlets. I'm not sure why the ratings on the units themselves have changed. I haven't personally seen that on any of the older units I've looked ast.

[BillP]

By the way, here is one good example of the individual group ratings I am mentioning:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=apc+ups+back+view&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:o...

You can see that there are different current ratings for the surge-only port and battery-backup outlet ports.

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[BillP · Accepted solution]

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