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Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  UPS for home/office
Over the last three months we've had three power-outs - no long term outage, just off/on within a second or two.
On two of these occasions, my PC has been on.

So, I'm thinking of getting a small UPS unit to safeguard against damage.

I saw this, which looks fairly straightforward and within budget (£100 max).

I also saw this, and quite like the remote alert feature.

Any opinions/suggestions?

Cheers all
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UPS for home/office
Well we use that APC one for 4 routers and its ok but only for very short periods of outage as it goes flat in around 30mins - I see they say on full load it is out of juice in only 5 mins!

Depending on the power of your system it may be ok for a few mins.

For my own PC I was considering one of these http://www.dabs.com/products/apc-smart- ... 4294951664 as the powerchute software will shutdown your PC automatically for you in the event of a powercut.
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UPS for home/office
JohnSheridan wrote:
Well we use that APC one for 4 routers and its ok but only for very short periods of outage as it goes flat in around 30mins - I see they say on full load it is out of juice in only 5 mins!

Depending on the power of your system it may be ok for a few mins.

For my own PC I was considering one of these http://www.dabs.com/products/apc-smart- ... 4294951664 as the powerchute software will shutdown your PC automatically for you in the event of a powercut.

I can't stretch to £400, but I only want the protection and for the system to power down properly in the event of a cut.

The 650 Liebert seems to cover the bases.

Then again, if I stretch the budget a little, this might be just the ticket.

I have no experience of UPS devices so I don't really know what features to look for.
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UPS for home/office
For UPS I try to work out what the maximum overall power consumption is for any devices connected to it and then use that to work out how long the UPS should work for before it runs out of juice assuming worse case scenario of 100% load.

You also need to make sure that the UPS output power capacity is greater than your system at 100% load.
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