Cheapest Uninterruptable Power Supply that works?

[dguy6789]

Hello. I need a very very cheap UPS that can provide a constant flow of electricity to a router. I need it for testing purposes. If anyone has any recommendations, that would help me out a lot.

Thanks in advance

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
I need it for testing purposes.

What are your worries... black outs or power dips?
If you just nee something to provide a clean flow of power in non black out conditions, just get an APC LE1200.
Yes, they make an LE600, but the cost is only about $10 for 1/2 the power capacity.

 

[dguy6789]

I have a very small reason to believe my house has extremely small power dips that cause nothing to turn off but my router. I just want to check to make sure without spending $100.

 

[Blain]

The LE1200 should serve you well.

 

[dguy6789]

Alright thanks.

 

[Kelemvor]

Just chekc out the Deal websites and find something cheap. Just powering a router is nothing... Anything could do that with ease.

 

[dguy6789]

Question:

Should I plug this UPS into the wall directly, or plug it into my surge protector?

 

[Blain]

Never plug surge protector in between PC and UPS...
As per Tripp-Lite technician.

 

[dguy6789]

Thanks

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Blain
Never plug surge protector in between PC and UPS...
As per Tripp-Lite technician.

What about plugging a surge protector into one of the battery-backed outlets, in order to provide more plugs? I'm currently doing that, and I'm not sure if it's really wise.

 

[Blain]

The Tripp-Lite told me not to plug any surge protector into the outlet of a UPS. He said something about the surge protector being tripped and sending power back into the UPS, blowing it.
It's been a couple of years ago I talked with him. The details may not be exact, but he did say the surge protector plugged into the output of the UPS was bad.
A regular power strip would be fine, other than it's feeds may tax to UPS too much.

 

[Arcanedeath]

Most Surge Protector's use MOV's as the forgiving element that stops the surge from killing your stuff and most UPS's also have something similar and when you put them in a series it can cause them not to work correctly, and either not trip and let your stuff fry or trip in Both the UPS and Surge Protector causing other issues, Main thing is just don't put double surge protection on an outlet, Power bars / non Surge protected outlets strips are fine though as long as you don't overload the Amp ratings on the UPS's port your pluging it into.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm using a "Power Squid", I guess that qualifies as a surge protector. I need something with independent outlets for power bricks, and the squid is the best thing I know for that.

What if you plug it into just the surge-protected outlets, and not the battery-backup outlets? Is that still bad?

 

[magreen]

There's a $20 UPS from Staples in the hot deals forum right now.