I bought a refurb APC Smart UPS 1000VA from these guys: http://excessups.com/ about a year ago. Shipping was pricey; it's heavy. The thing is a tank but it has been 100% so far. My small consumer-grade UPS were OK but they wouldn't recharge on my generator which tended to run outside the 57-63 Hz UPS threshold for OK power. I still use these small UPS but the important stuff (like NAS, switches, routers) is on the Smart UPS. I don't (yet) know for sure how the Smart UPS will run on the generator.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim > Cathey via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 9:40 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com>; Max Dillon > <dillonm...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: DSL Modems > > > Need to get a UPS. > > These can be a royal pain. At work, we used to call them _I_PS's, because > when the battery went bad and there was a power flicker, down would go the > server when the unprotected systems didn't even notice. A better class of > UPS is in order, I've had (so far) very good luck with a surplus APC2000 that I > put a 75AH battery bank on. Only downside with it is that it won't power your > loads unless it has a functioning battery on it. OTOH, I was able to replace > one (of four) battery that went bad, while it was live. Carefully! 48V 75AH is > no joke to be playing with. > > I'm not surprised a VOIP installation doesn't come with a battery. Batteries > are, by FAR, the least reliable part of such a system. > > I checked my records. The APC's four batteries were installed in 2006, with > one replacement in 2010, and it's still going strong. That's $395 for 11 years > of backup computer power. > (I think the surplus UPS itself was about $35.) That's got to be some kind of > record... > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
