Well, when I quired APC they ignored me, probably thinking they were going to get sued, but all I wanted was an explanation of how it could have happened. The non-response put me off them for all time, and I will not recommend them to anyone either. The Exide UPS it replaced never did anything like that, but it was a dumb UPS (at the time a new UPS was cheaper that a new set of batteries locally).
A couple of years ago I decided to try another when it was on clearance at Staples. Seems the ratings are not what they used to be, or my current system uses lots of juice because it would die before windows could shutdown in a pull the plug test, so I returned it. Nope, got no use for APC. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 16/06/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oops, missed the second part of your question. Yes, most of them do on the >> input side, some have them on the output as well. >> >> BTW, the flaming UPS was probably a problem with Windows or the software; >> the log showed that the line voltage was high, but the software was telling >> it to boost the voltage like it was low. Also that was quite awhile back. > > The APC software can be used to set the operating parameters of the > UPS but is otherwise only a reporting tool, smart trim is activated by > the USPs internal management system, yours was obviously dud. I > currently own three APC Smart UPS and in the past I've owned another > five units and sold literally hundreds. They are by my experience the > most reliable small scale UPS units on the market, you should see some > of the other crap. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
