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Old 05-15-2007, 11:32 AM   #1
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Which do you think will drain my PS faster?


Which do you think would drain my back up power supply faster:

2 MJ1200s, or 1 MAG 9.5?

Only want to keep vital things running in a power outage, so other than 2 heaters, this is all it will be running.
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Old 05-15-2007, 11:44 AM   #2
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Those heaters are going to really kill your powersupply.

The 2 MJ's are about 36W together I think,.. The Mag 9 is much higher,..

The Mag 9 will drain you power supply much faster, but those heaters will probably kill it in a few min anyway.

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Old 05-15-2007, 11:47 AM   #3
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naa, the heaters only kick in when needed, I have already been through a power outage that lasted 5 hours, and it was still at 80% when the power came back on ... but thanks for the pump info, I will leave the MJs on it.
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Old 05-15-2007, 11:54 AM   #4
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