EV> You make it sound like a UPS does the same as a wall wart does, robbing   
    EV> A.C. power when the device it is for is turned off.   
    EV> The UPS keeping the battery charged up when it is turned off is what I   
    EV> remember reading when I got my first UPS.   
      
   Uhm, every electrical device that is plugged into an active outlet will draw   
   a little current even when it's off.  The UPS isn't actively charging the   
   battery when you turn the UPS off.  The UPS has to be on in order to   
   actively charge the battery...   
      
   --Sean   
      
   ... An idea that is dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.   
   --- MultiMail/Linux   
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