[Nut-upsuser] SOHO Serial Solution needed

[Rob MacGregor]

On 23/01/06, Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml at t-b-o-h.net> wrote:
>         As for size, I'm not near the equipment right now (Its a 9
> hour drive away, will be end of this week beginning of next) but the
> regular power strip that I have there is about 6 inches wide, the
> shelf is 12 inches long, and I have about 12 inches of height available.
> As for power demands, I was hoping from a general overview of what I
> was putting on it (See above) that someone could "ballpark" it. I know
> it wouldn't be perfect, but thats fine. As for the backup time, I
> only need about 5 minutes... Enough for the Soekris to get the signal,
> send an email out to me at another location saying the house lost
> power, and then do a fairly proper shutdown (FreeBSD). As for $$, I
> hoped not more than $150 or so.

MGE do a (large) powerstrip UPS called the Protection Center in a
range of VA options.  For low power kit you should get more than 5
minutes of runtime even off the smallest.  You need to do the maths
and use their selector (which I've found to be pretty accurate).

Be warned that the 2900 has a pretty high power draw!

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