Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: OT: New UPS

RedPhantom opened this issue on Jul 08, 2015 · 11 posts


seachnasaigh posted Thu, 09 July 2015 at 7:43 AM

[quote obm890]  So it's YOU!? You're the one melting my planet! [/quote obm890]

     I got tired of the harsh winter snowstorms. ^-^  Actually, this ol' gal dresses for winter with a hardtop, full steel doors, and a snowplow.  With on-demand differential locks, she gets around just fine. :-)

Jeep_CJ7_tile.jpg~original     Galadriel pulls 770W (about 1000W including monitors).  This pulls a smidge over 3,000W when rendering at 100% CPU capacity (264 threads) with the fans spooled up to high speed...

CGI_blade_rack2014-06-23.jpg~original     By the way, the chassis (with white LCD) standing upright beside the rack is a 108lb batt/surge unit, a full 2U chassis (27.5" front to back), and the three red lights behind and left of the monitor are on three rackmount surge suppressors.

     Redphantom, note the power supply rating of your PC (or PCs, plural), add another 80W or so for each monitor, and add it all up for a total.  Pick a UPS which is rated for at least that many Watts.  Then weigh battery capacity (the AV or ampere x volts) and surge energy capacity (Joules) against price.  If you need help sizing that up, we can help.

     Note on batteries:  Most of these UPS use a standard size battery (7amp*hour capacity, 12v, in a standard physical size).  Your old one likely has sealed lead-acid batteries.  New ones will have AGMs (absorbed glass mat).  If any of the old batteries are still good, they also fit electric scooters and alarm system panels.  Any lead-acid batteries which are dead you can give to a gun enthusiast for lead recovery, or to a battery recycler if such exists near you.

Poser 12, in feet.  

OSes:  Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64

Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5