This was originally posted on APC forums on 8/5/2014
Hello,
A power surge during a thunderstorm recently fried my entire system and I would like to prevent that from happening again by purchasing a UPS. I am however not completely certain as to which model would be most suitable for me, so I am hoping that one of you experts would find a few minutes to help me out with a few questions.
What I would like to protect, is my home office equipment, including a quite powerful desktop gamer PC. I have calculated an approximate power consumption of 550W for the PC itself, but it's sitting behind a 1000W PSU. So just to be sure: using a 1000W PSU doesn't mean that it draws all that much power at all times, but only that it's capable of providing that much? Meaning, in my situation, going with .. let's say a theoretical consumption of 600W would be alright?
In addition to the desktop PC, there are a few other devices I would like to protect: 2x 26" screens (2x 40W), a router (10W), a laser printer (450W) and a sound system (200W). So my second question: does the "maximum output capacity" of a UPS only refer to the "backup protection", or does that also include the "surge protection" ?
To be a little bit more specific: I was looking to purchase the APC Back-UPS Pro 1500, 230V, Schuko, which has a max configurable power of 865W, and I wanted to hook up the PC, both screens and the router (total of estimated 690W) to the battery backup, and the printer and sound system (650W) to the surge protection. In the meantime, this UPS model also provides a solution for protecting the network, which I intend to use for my router as well.
Will this work? If not, please advise.
Thanks in advance!