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From: grwalter@watfun.waterloo.edu (Fred Walter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: What rating for un-interruptable power supplies needed ?
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Date: 12 Mar 90 22:45:03 GMT
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I'm thinking of leaving my Amiga on all the time from now on (it'll be
seeing alot more use), and I'm worried about power fluctations (it does
that alot here where I live) so I'm thinking about an uninterruptable power
supply.

1) are there any other options ?
2) what rating (watts) should I get in order to drive my A2000 (lots'a
   stuff inside), my monitor and my modem, with perhaps an external hard drive
   in the future ? I have looked at the ratings on the silvered rectangles
   at the back of my 2000 and monitor and it says 3 Amps and 1 Amp
   respectively. If I multiply that by the line voltage (120 V) I get
   480 watts !!! Is this amount really needed ?

	Advance Thanx,
	fred

P.S. could you respond via email (even if you do post a response) as I
don't read much here now-a-days due to too much volume and too little
time).

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