[Leaplist] UPS advice needed

[andrei raevsky]

JeezUS!  I had not idea that this kind of equipment was so prone to
burning.  So each UPS user risks a fire in his house each time he leaves a
UPS running?!

On Nov 6, 2007 10:16 AM, Derek Konigsberg <octo at logicprobe.org> wrote:

> 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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