[Leaplist] UPS advice needed

[J.T. Hayden]

Ok I need to step in here as a UPS rep. IF your UPS is about to catch on
fire? You're not using the correct UPS for the job. UPS are NOT prone to
fire, only reason that would happen is if its over its output limit and it
over heats some thing terrible, anyone that is reporting this sort of
problem with the UPS they are using needs to upgrade to a stronger UPS and
not blame the UPS, but the situation in which they have put the unit they
are using that particular UPS.

 

          J.T. Hayden
             KG4BFJ

home\office  -  407.891.1835
office\mobile -  407.922.3091

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From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org] On
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Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:59
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Subject: Re: [Leaplist] UPS advice needed

 

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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