[Leaplist] UPS advice needed

[Derek Konigsberg]

In that sort of situation, I'm curious as to how the "better" UPSes would 
have faired.  By "better", I mean "APC Smart-UPS or equivalent".  It looks 
like everything you tried was from the "Back-UPS" line or equivalents from 
other companies.  The difference is that the better UPSes are actually 
designed to handle a wider range of power conditions.  Heck, the really 
high-end ones can even run your stuff off their inverter 24/7, completely 
buffering out line flakyness.

-Derek

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, patrick wrote:

> Richard F. Ostrow Jr. wrote:
>> Not necessarily... My SmartUPS APC 650VA burned up (would have caught fire
>> if I wasn't right there) as well.
>
> I have a dozen UPS s running as our power sags at least twice each day,
> often 8 to 12 times.  Plays havoc with all things electronic, like TVs,
> cable boxes, Tivos, computers, clocks... Progress Energy has just
> changed out a main splice, plus, replaced a ground transformer and the
> incidence dropped a bit, three weeks ago.
>
> Over the past 5 years, I have seen smoke from my Tripplite, APC, and
> Belkin UPSs. I think the number is 5, plus, I have had 10 computers die
> also, and a power meter that plugs in known as a "Kill a Watt" now only
> reports Watts, and the voltage meter reports 230 on 1150 VAC lines!
>
> It matters not what brand.  After enough AC power surges, sags, and
> problems, they are apt to fail.
>
> I have witnessed power events that were like automatic fire from my M-16
> rifle.  Before I could unplug the Kill a Watt, it was damaged!
>
> Latest was in August, when a APC UPS 500VA unit smoked while I was out.
>
> Came home to a home full of stench.  It had protected my AudioVideo and
> TV systems in the Master Bedroom.  Metal casing on the APC UPS protected
> the wood Armoire from any fire.  The battery is still good and I kept that.
>
> I don't know if a plastic case would have melted.  Have one of those, a
> Belkin Office 650VA, and it is in a metal shelf, working well.
>
> Without these UPSs, I would be spending tons more of bucks replacing
> equipment, instead of one UPS per year on average.
>
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Derek Konigsberg
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