Xubuntu: Simple Battery Monitor/Indicator Plugin for Xfce Panel

The xfce4-battery-plugin is a simple battery indicator plugin displayed in the panel bar of XFCE desktop. I use it on my Xubuntu Linux. I preferred using this plugin when I was unable to customize the default battery indicator to show battery percentage on the panel. Installation You can download the plugin from http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin/. You can … Read more

How to Calculate Inverter & Battery Backup Time?

Here is a quick guide on calculating inverter and battery backup time. There are different capacity of inverters like 200VA, 250VA, 350VA, 400VA, 450VA, 500VA, 625VA, 1200VA, etc. The capacity of the inverter should be chosen based on how much watt of appliances you power at a time. How to convert from VA to Watts? … Read more