Thanks for your hints, Stuart. I hope to get one OpenUPS soon and give it a try.
On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2018-12-19, Radek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for all your comprehensive technical references. I just wanted to > > know if there is any way to save some money buying other brands than APC. > > After reading your posts I will definitely stay with APC. > > I have had APCs that required a crowbar to remove the batteries before ;) > Whatever brand, it's probably a good idea to schedule a battery inspection > from time to time. > > > Salicru, OpenUPS - I have never heard about these brands/solutions. Thanks. > > > >> I am not sure about "supported", > > I wanted to say that you can manage it smoothly using OpenBSD. > > > > BTW, do you have any experience with 12V DC small UPS that can be smoothly > > use with routers only (PCEngines/Soekris). I am looking for an "out of the > > box" small, silent and low power consumption device that can shutdown my > > home OpenBSD router when the power is loss. > > I would like not to use 230V device fot that purpose, which consumes more > > power when compare to 12V devices. > > OpenUPS is perfect for this. Or there are cheap chinese boxes that > work with 18650 batteries and are meant for this sort of use too (but > no monitoring with those like you get with OpenUPS). > > -- radek
