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

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I believe it is a small fluorescent tube...

Thanks, I guess the best option is to "suck it & see"... -
any
possibility of doing any harm by trying?

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Andy Whitfield
> Sent: 21 August 2007 09:23
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Question for Andy the UPS man.....
>
> 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.
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