Battery Saver fuctionality

[Anonymous user]

Hello,

Can any one explains what really happens when the ups in Battery Saver mode. why APC is instructing not to use wifi modems in Battery Saver mode.

[BillP]

Hi Deepu,

Battery Saver mode is used when the UPS is on battery. The Back-UPS will shutdown if it cannot sense power is being drawn by the connected equipment after a short period of time.

Wi-fi modems are low power consuming equipment and the UPS might not sense power being drawn by it. 

We recommend that Battery Saver mode be disabled, if low power consuming equipment like a wi-fi modem is connected to the Back-UPS.

Regards,

Tom

[Anonymous user]

Thanks for the reply. could you address the below points as well.

    - If no load deducted, within how many minutes the UPS will be turned off.

   -  for a  wi-fi modem of 12V which NOT in Battery Saver mode, how long it can give backup.?

[BillP]

Hi Deepu,

It would depend on the model of the UPS. It is usually 5 or 10 minutes. If you give me the model number of the UPS, I can check this for you.

It would depend on the wattage of the modem. Can you please provide the wattage or the model of the modem and I can check this also.

Regards,

Tom

[Anonymous user]

Hi Tom , Thanks for your inputs.. The UPS Model number is BX600C and modem is 12V with 5A. It would be great you can provide the backup time.

[BillP]

Hi Deepu,

From the manual for the BX600C with the Battery Saver enabled:

The Back-UPS will shutdown if the connected load draws less than 30W of power for more than 5 minutes.

The average modem uses less than 20W. We do not have a calculation for a battery runtime on the BX600C that has that low of a power consumption. When there is a 50W load, the runtime will last 1 hour and 14 minutes, so with a 20W load the runtime would be even greater.

Regards,

Tom

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much Tom for all these inputs. Appreciate!!