Re: Question for Andy the UPS man.....

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it a fluorescent light?

The high frequency fluorescent lights have unity power factor and
are fine to run from a UPS.
The conventional ones are inductive and can be run from a UPS but
the UPS needs to be overrated.  I.E. add about 20% to the wattage of
each fluorescent light.

You may find the light flickers a little in terms of brightness when
running from a line interactive UPS on batteries.

Andy the UPS Man.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> Andy, I plan to fit a light into my rack, - the back of the rack is
> quite dark & therefore tricky to work on... I just happen to have
one of
> those under-kitchen-cupboard striplights going spare that is
exactly the
> right size.
>
> Are there any issues powering this from the UPS in the rack?
>
> Cheers.