Anyone know the Wattage and Amps for g5?

[olnikkormat]

I need to take a pair of G5 dual 2.0s on a field trip. They both have the 6800 ultra DDL card and will run two 30" screens each... I am not an electrical engineer, but I really want to know if I can power both of them with a Honda Eu2000i generator going through a line conditioner and a UPS. The Honda kicks out 2000 watts and is rated at 13.7 amps. For safety sake I would like to be a couple of amps below it's redline rating....

 

[Sun Baked]

PowerMac G5 2.0 Rev A 170W low power 325W full tilt
6800 card 100W (guess if the 9800XT is 75W)
30" LCD 150W

The Rev B will be a bit less.

 

[olnikkormat]

PowerMac G5 2.0 Rev A 170W low power 325W full tilt
6800 card 100W (guess if the 9800XT is 75W)
30" LCD 150W

The Rev B will be a bit less.

OK. Rad. Does that mean I just use the w=VA formula?

Figure 600 watts per machine... line conditioner takes 25%... so
each machine works out to: 600w=(120v)(5a).... 5amps/machine
the amps after conditioner: 10.13

so one should do it? are my calculations correct?

 

[CanadaRAM]

Make sure you check with both the line conditioner and the UPS manufacturer that they are compatible with generator power and each other. There was a bruhaha years ago about chaining one type of UPS after another (ferroresonant? Can't remember now) that resulted in damaging effects.

I had a customer once who discovered they couldn't use their UPSses off a generator for a fairground display.

Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com

 

[olnikkormat]

Thanks... and good point.

I am trying to figure out if I can use Monster's stuff or if I have to go to something more industrial.