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Uninterruptable Power Supply
Started by PEAKUNDER, Feb 02 2012 14:01
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 14:01
Anybody with experience of these for domestic computer/s? It seems you can pay little or a small fortune for one, so any advice/recommendations would be appreciated. Not lived in the country for five minutes, and we've already had two powercuts Forgotten how romantic candles are
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 14:16
Steady Jeff. the last time we had a power cut the wife got pregnant
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 14:18
DTP, on 02 February 2012 - 14:16 , said:
Steady Jeff. the last time we had a power cut the wife got pregnant
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 15:18
Jeff,
most UPS's are only designed to supply power for a few minutes at best to enable a computer to shut down cleanly. Any longer and things rapidly scale in size.
I have a unit like this http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2eb8959d5c in the loft which looks after our server and the back up drives. The other computers have to take their chances.
A small one like this might be suitable for your needs if the outages are only a few minutes: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27c02cc50e
most UPS's are only designed to supply power for a few minutes at best to enable a computer to shut down cleanly. Any longer and things rapidly scale in size.
I have a unit like this http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2eb8959d5c in the loft which looks after our server and the back up drives. The other computers have to take their chances.
A small one like this might be suitable for your needs if the outages are only a few minutes: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27c02cc50e
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 16:27
The first ebay one that Robbie posted is quite good. When I was working at the petrol stations we had a similar unit which could keep 2 tills, the tank monitoring system, phone lines, credit/debit card system and the cctv running for about 20 minutes following a mains power cut.
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 17:02
The first one is cheaper on amazon, as for the second, is this worth the extra money in comparison? http://www.amazon.co...f=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 18:07
PEAKUNDER, on 02 February 2012 - 17:02 , said:
The first one is cheaper on amazon, as for the second, is this worth the extra money in comparison? http://www.amazon.co...f=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
The second one is rated at 700VA vs 550VA so it just means it'll last longer when the main power trips (at the same electrical load).
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 05:29
just use a laptop, then it drops to its own battery, and keep wired modem on standby, haven't had power off for a few months, but we usually have 2-3 times a year when its out for best part of a day, when lorries hit the poles at the side of the road - loud bang, power off, 30 mins later village lit up with orange flashing lights as the army of repair vehicles start arriving
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 07:48
I've used/got millions of these. Dell make some nice ones now.
Just try lifting the 3kva ones!
At home I've got a Belkin one which actually has 13a sockets which is handy. For the kettle connection type one you can make a 4 way adapter with kettle connection instead of a 13a plug.
This what I'd buy now if I needed and had the budget, its a 'smart' one.
http://www.etb-tech....sp?product=2356
Just try lifting the 3kva ones!
At home I've got a Belkin one which actually has 13a sockets which is handy. For the kettle connection type one you can make a 4 way adapter with kettle connection instead of a 13a plug.
This what I'd buy now if I needed and had the budget, its a 'smart' one.
http://www.etb-tech....sp?product=2356
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