On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 14:19 +0100, ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
Presumably the UPS has the same sort of power output sockets as mine, namely the same sort of closely-grouped 3-pin as you have for power input into a desktop (I don't know what these are officially called).
IEC-320...Plugs are type C13 sockets C14
What I did was hijack an old spare desktop-to-CRT-monitor power cable, cut off one end (leaving the end that will plug into a UPS socket), then wire the cut end into a 4-gang extension socket block.
Yes I have done that for UPS fed wallwart style adaptors before..most mains socket strips have an internal fuse that could be downgraded to 3A to prevent an accidental overload when you plug something heavy in from damaging the UPS or causing a trip that would take out your PC :-)
(although even a 3A fuse would allow a current draw that is perhaps beyond the design limits of a very small UPS) So I would still mark up the socket as "Computer Equip only!"