Cheap Reliable UPS?

[Eureka]

What is a cheap, reliable UPS to get? I'm planning on powering my desktop, a monitor, speakers and a printer on this circuit, which should total to no more than 600W. (no more than 400W for the computer, 90W speakers, 110 for the rest?) I'm not sure what that translates into UPS requirements.

 

[alevasseur14]

All of the major UPS vendors have calculators on their sites where you can specify your equipment and desired runtime. Personally, I use APC on all my computers and have had great luck with them.

As far as what you intend to hook up, I'd strongly recommend against using a UPS to power your speakers and printer. The idea is just to get you through an outage with the basics so you don't lose any work. Granted, I don't know the specifics of your situation but powering speakers and printers is generally unnecessary. Plus, if your printer is a laser, you can kiss your runtime goodbye!

Good luck!

 

[Zepper]

Things like speakers and printers shouldn't be connected to the battery -- plug 'em into the non-backed up jacks. I've got mine hooked up to an inexpensive Used to be frequent weekend sales on them at the big-box stores) CyberPoweer 550VA. Works well for me, but the actual usage of the components I have plugged into its backed-up receptacles totals well under the 350 W or so ratng of the thing. You can get a Kill-a-Watt power usage meter from Newegg and others for around $25., so you can tell what your actual usage is.

.bh.