Should a Load Show on Ups Whilst On AC ?

[vindictive666]

hi all

just as the title suggests, should load show on my UPS whilst my pc and monitor is hooked up and on Ac ?

the load runs between 32% And 43%

the battery shows full

tried google no luck and the manual is in chinglish :) not very helpful

regards john

[Louwai]

John,
Unless your UPS has an 'AC bypass', it will always use the UPS battery for power & be constantly re-charged from the AC. So in this case, if it is what you have, yes it would always show a load.

[vindictive666]

thanks Bryan

looks lik it has no bypass turned UPS off and Puter Turned off :)

regards john

[Louwai]

John,
Did you turn the UPS off at the wall outlet??? or on the actual unit??

If off at the wall outlet, that would simulate a power outage, & therefore the UPS should provide on-going power. If only for a short period. (15mins)

If off at the unit, then you have turned off the actual unit & no power will be supplied to anything.

[vindictive666]

hi

i tried both, turned off UPS Ooops All Dead :)

Pulled Ac Out of UPS all still Worked

regards john

ps still cant install the sofware :(

this post http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=54716&highlight=error+0x5