“This is advertised as "maintaining internet for 4+ hours"; but other answers say a couple minutes. I want to plug our office internet box (Windstream) and VOIP box (Verizon) into this unit. If the power goes out, how long can our users keep working?”
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The best thing this equipment is for, is the safe shutdown of equipment without data loss. I wouldn't let the battery take a full rundown. All non essential equipment should be powered off until line AC is restored.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The only way to know this is to calculate the power draw from those two devices and compare it to the size of the unit. I would think you would get several hours of back up since the draw should be very small from those devices, but I cannot give you an actual time period. APC and other battery backup manufactures normally have power calculators that help answer your question.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Thank you for your inquire. The runtime would depend on how much equipment is connected to it. If there is more equipment then the runtime will be lower. The 2 minute runtime would be when the unit is at full capacity. Since you wouldn't be running at full capacity you would like get around 3 hours of runtime since you have 2 pieces of equipment connected. If the equipment draws more power then the runtime will be less.
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