[Nut-upsuser] (Fwd) Re: Slightly OT: Generators & UPS

Mon Sep 4 20:08:43 UTC 2006

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 22:48:43 +0930,
  Daniel O'Connor <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Neither fluros or PC power supplies have a terribly good power factor.

You can get some better PC power supplies now for not too much extra money.
I was looking at what http://www.silentpcreview.com/ had to say about
some and found that you can get ones with a PF better than .9 and 80%
efficiency at a wide range of loads (and that are relatively quiet).