At 07:46 PM 4/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
>        I was just looking at a UPS system that impressed me during the
last power
>outage we had. The interesting thing was the batteries, they are 2.5V
>batteries bigger than car batteries! I wanted to see what AH rating they
>were but all I could find was a Torque rating. The rating was 70 inch
>pounds, what the heck is a Torque doing on a battery?? How would I convert
>this to an AH rating? Thanks, TTYL

Just a guess, but was this written on the battery itself?

If so, it's probably an instruction on how tight to tighten the
bolts on the terminals (using a torque wrench). IOW, nothing to do
with the AH rating at all.

Best regards,

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