Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain

On 5/9/2025 3:29 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

cer@Isengard:~> upsc salicru
battery.charge: 100
battery.voltage: 13.60
battery.voltage.high: 13.60
battery.voltage.low: 10.40
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
device.type: ups
driver.name: blazer_usb
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.parameter.synchronous: no
driver.version: 2.7.4
driver.version.internal: 0.12
input.current.nominal: 3.0
input.frequency: 50.0
input.frequency.nominal: 50
input.voltage: 229.4
input.voltage.fault: 229.4
input.voltage.nominal: 230
output.voltage: 229.4
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 30
ups.delay.start: 180
ups.load: 13
ups.productid: 5161
ups.status: FSD OL
ups.temperature: 25.0
ups.type: offline / line interactive
ups.vendorid: 0665
cer@Isengard:~>
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It doesn't report current. There is "ups.load: 13", but no idea of the units.

 It may be percent of maximum or somesuch.
 

I saw in an Eaton model they mentioned two strategies - translated from Spanish:
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UPS Topology: Standby (Offline) or Standby (Offline)
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Eaton Ellipse ECO 650 IEC SAI Offline 650VA 400W
Eaton P/N: EL650IEC

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I have a couple of eatons in the garage.  I didn't like them for
use in the office as their fans (run continuously) are louder
than I would like (and I have no desire to go tweaking fans)

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Ah, no, no fan in mine.

 These are 2KVA and larger.  When on battery, there is a
fair bit of waste heat that has to be blown off lest the
internal temperature rise too much.

I figure whoever specified the fans must have considered
their efficiency so wouldn't want to go playing around
with alternate devices and discover something died
prematurely, as a result.
 [And, lots of UPSs available for rescue.  I brought home
four 2200VA units two weeks ago and decided to scrap them
as they were double-conversion models.  I cut off the
#12AWG power cords and made four "extension cords" from
the set!]