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

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, not really.  As long as it is low wattage.
Andy
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> 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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