Power Analyzer Measures UPS Runtime (.PDF Download)

Dec. 7, 2015

I live in New Jersey, and we exited hurricane season not too long ago. Hurricanes bring rain, flooding, and power losses.  So upon hearing the predictions of the latest hurricane to hit the NJ coast, I started to wonder about my basement sump pump and considered protecting it with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)...

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