Posted by: Wild Bill 12 May I tell people that I tend to believe in what I call sympathetic magic: if you carry your umbrella with you, it won't rain and the fastest way to find a lost item is to buy a replacement.
Bob's generator story sounds like another example. Posted by: Ted 12 May For many years I've had two of the APC products and never had a problem. I don't remember right off the bat which models they are, but they provide an hour or so of battery backup.
It's fun when the neighborhood is all blacked out and we can still sit here and watch TV. I've got another of the same model for my computer. We also have the backup system for our FiOS system that was installed by Verizon. It's been here many years and never had a problem! The UPS will keep you running for a bit when any power interruption occurs, whether from home wiring issues or loss of utility power due to whatever reason.
The only reason you might not benefit is if you do not do anything that cannot be easily redone or seldom have your computer on, especially in bad weather. Or if you use a laptop, which contains a battery of its own and thus has a built-in UPS. Posted by: Phyl 12 May I've used APC backup power supplies for years.
Never had a problem with them although when I tried a different brand I had a problem with that! The APC units have saved the day for me on many occasions. And no, I don't work for them, but I will recommend their products from now till doomsday because they've done the job consistently.
Posted by: Frances 12 May I too cannot imagine why the age of the house wiring should matter. We live in a house that was built in and it has never been a problem. Mind you, the service panel has been upgraded twice and we have a number of circuits that were added later. We also have a UPS that backs up the settings for the PVR but nothing for our computers because they are both laptops.
Posted by: Orville 12 May I have a gizmo that plugs into my car's cigarette lighter and it gives me info about the battery and its charge. It would be cool to have a tester sort of like this that you could just plug into the unplugged UPS and get an idea about the UPS's battery. Does something like this already exist? You could use a voltmeter, but interpretation of the readout may be tricky.
Posted by: Dave Blevins 12 May Don't forget other "smart" devices such as expensive sewing machines probably computer driven. Posted by: Long 12 May These UPS have replaceable batteries but surge protector needs replacement every few years anyway due to MOV -metal oxide varistor - degration.
So UPS needs to be replaced every few years? Posted by: Frank Cizek 12 May Re: "It would really be nice if there was a way to check the health of your UPS battery periodically, Re "It would really be nice if there was a way to check the health of your UPS battery periodically": On my unit there is a display which shows the strength of the battery. The software should check that too, but sometimes that has glitches.
When I start noticing the battery life indicator going seriously down which I didn't think to do last time! Posted by: Herb 12 May Two comments for previous responders: Sarah - as long as the wiring in your house is up to code, and you have 3-prong grounded outlets, go ahead and get that UPS.
If you do not have grounded outlets, my advice would be to spend your money to update your wiring, and then get the UPS. Nigel and everyone - Try to recycle UPS batteries at your local auto parts store.
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Firmware Updates. Business Solutions. Surge Protectors. Power Distribution Units. Racks and Rack Accessories. General Power adapters, extension cords, power strips. In this scenario, you will get an inverter backup of nearly 9. Or the higher the battery capacity, the greater will be the inverter backup time. The above calculation is perfect on paper. The better the inverter efficiency, the more the backup time. To ensure long-lasting battery backup time during power outages, follow the below steps:.
Hopefully, this blog has made UPS battery backup calculation easy. You can figure it out yourself with the simple formula discussed here. Battery Capacity and Inverter Backup Time: Does the backup time depend on the capacity of the battery? Even if you can get the load down closers to Watts - perhaps enough to run one PC, a monitor and a some networking gear - you'll still be lucky to get more than 10 minutes before the UPS runs flat.
That's not a lot of time. This isn't to say that a small business-grade UPS is useless, just that you need to be realistic about what it can do. Large businesses looking to run an entire office for hours during a blackout generally put a diesel generator on the roof, but that's obviously not practical for most businesses. A smarter strategy for a small business is not to try to ride out a blackout.
Instead a UPS buys you time to save everything, put your Plan B in place and then gracefully shutdown your essential systems.
It could be particularly important if you've servers running in your back office. When you look at it this way, the UPS' job is to ensure you don't lose any work rather than to let you keep working for hours when the lights go out. Apart from blackouts, a UPS is also useful for coping with power brownout and spikes.
The onboard battery and surge protector helps smooth out the power flow the reduce the chance of damaging to your equipment. How long will a UPS keep your computers on if the lights go out?
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