Ultra Products 1200 Watt Uninterruptible Power Supply

Our Test System

For testing I installed the 2000 VA 1200W Backup UPS w/ AVR on a system that I use in the real world, so the results would actually mean something. This system is pretty run of the mill featuring an 19″ Samsung SyncMaster 915N LCD monitor an Antec P150 case holding our Intel Core 2 Duo platform.

What’s Inside The Case?

Ultra UPS Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800	Click Here
Motherboard	Intel D975XBX v304	Click Here
Memory	2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4	Click Here
Video Card	BFG Tech GeForce 7800GTX	Click Here
Hard Drive	Western Digital RaptorX 140GB	Click Here
Cooling	OCZ Tempest	Click Here
Power Supply	OCZ GameXstream 700W	Click Here
Operating System	Windows XP Professional	Click Here

To get an idea of the power consumption of our system and monitor we used our Seasonic PowerAngel meter and plugged both the monitor and computer system power cables into a power strip and then directly into the meter. Since our computer is used for folding (Folding Team 38296 For Those Interested in Helping a Great Cause) it runs at 50% CPU usage at idle as a result of running the Folding at Home software. Even with the processor running at 50% load both the monitor and computer were only consuming 192W combined.

The Ultra 2000 VA 1200W Backup UPS w/ AVR is rated to handle a 1200W load, so our small 192W load is roughly 16% of the total capacity that this battery backup system can handle!

Now remember the box clearly states 80-90 minutes of back-up time and our test system only consumes 192W, which is 16% of the load that this backup is rated to handle.