Hi, Are you sure that it is rated for resistive loads? If that were true, they should have (to my way of thinking) rated it in Watts. The very fact that it is rated in VA suggests to me that all that matters is the product of volts times amps (effectively an amperage limit in this case since the voltage should be constant). Sean At 10:46 AM 12/7/01 -0700, you wrote: >You have a 200Watt (as rated by the manufacture) powersupply for your >computer. UPS's come in various sizes, say a 3KVa, so thats 3000 VA of >power. But its rated for pure resistive circuits. Backed off for a power ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu