On 03 Feb 2009 16:38:16 GMT, Warren Post wrote:

For the benefit of lurkers reading this, you don't want to do the pull-
the-plug test while writable media are mounted. (Not while running
Windows, for example.) A Linux live CD (free for the download) would be a
safe choice for this.

I don't think you want to do the UPS battery life test with a PC. A
PC does not present a consistent or even a known load. During the
typical 2-3 life of the battery, you could easily change PC hardware,
resulting in a different load. That would make your historical
runtime numbers useless. Methinks it's best to use a known,
controlled, and reproduceable load, such as a light blub. While a
light bulb is not the best possible load, it is commonly available,
fairly consistent from bulb to bulb, cheap, crash proof, and offers an
obvious failure indication.

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