On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:09 PM Scott Allen via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 12:49, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > That means one for each room? or one for each outlet where a power strip > > will be run? > > Think of a UPS as a power bar. If you can power all of the equipment > you'd like to protect on one power bar or outlet, you need one UPS. If > the equipment is in different rooms or on different circuits, you will > need more than one, just like you would use multiple power bars. > > If you're buying ones that are rated at some 600W or so (1500 VA - - - - which should be watts but somehow isn't) you might be surprised at what all you can run. The cost in the mid $200 range - - - if I were buying 4 or 5 I think I might be asking for a bit off of each too. One thing to keep in mind is that you don't want to count on them too hard. If you drain the battery dead a couple times you capacity is going to hit the toilet! - - - These are short term tools - - - - NOT serious UPS where you have hours of backup.
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