Info from your CyberPower UPS

[oshunluvr]

Sitting here in a heavy rainstorm listening to my 3 UPSs "click" ominously, so I decided to take a brief look at the output of pwrstat on my office PC;

stuart@office:~$ sudo pwrstat -status

The UPS information shows as following:


        Properties:
                Model Name................... CP1500PFCLCD
                Firmware Number.............. 000000000000
                Rating Voltage............... 120 V
                Rating Power................. 900 Watt


        Current UPS status:
                State........................ Normal
                Power Supply by.............. Utility Power
                Utility Voltage.............. 124 V
                Output Voltage............... 124 V
                Battery Capacity............. 100 %
                Remaining Runtime............ 48 min.
                Load......................... 153 Watt(17 %)
                Line Interaction............. None
                Test Result.................. Unknown
                Last Power Event............. Under Voltage at 2019/01/24 09:45:36 for 6 sec.

On the server;

smith@server:~$ sudo pwrstat -status

The UPS information shows as following:


        Properties:
                Model Name................... CP1000PFCLCD
                Firmware Number.............. 000000000000
                Rating Voltage............... 120 V
                Rating Power................. 600 Watt


        Current UPS status:
                State........................ Normal
                Power Supply by.............. Utility Power
                Utility Voltage.............. 122 V
                Output Voltage............... 122 V
                Battery Capacity............. 100 %
                Remaining Runtime............ 54 min.
                Load......................... 54 Watt(9 %)
                Line Interaction............. None
                Test Result.................. Unknown
                Last Power Event............. Under Voltage at 2019/01/24 09:44:35 for 3 sec.

I thought it was pretty cool that it showed the event, but also that the two UPSs report different info in several ways. They are plugged into different circuits, reporting different voltage (I checked several times nearly simultaneously) and the last event differs. Curious.I have no idea if that's a hardware difference or actually line difference. Assuming that the two different outlets are on opposite mains might explain the voltage difference and establish why a UPS and/or power cleaner is a good idea for any sensitive electrical equipment like PCs or A/V equipment.

I do like that it shows Load in watts.