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ultimatebob

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Avoid the "ES" line of APC's UPS products. They're poorly made, and the support on APC's consumer stuff is horrid.

If you have the money for a BackUPS Pro or a SmartUPS, though, get one of those.
 

Jeff7

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I did have a Tripplite UPS once, maybe 10 years ago. 675VA thing to power my 300MHz P2 PC, and possibly my stunning 15" monitor, I don't remember anymore. It lasted several years and went through a number of power outages. Eventually, its ability to hold a charge waned. 5 years maybe until I got rid of it? I really don't remember that much anymore. It did work just fine though, I remember that. Quite handy on the model I had was the Mute switch, so it'd stop beeping every few seconds when the power went out, up until it was down to 2 minutes of battery life left. Then it kept up the beeping until the PC was turned off.


Recently though, I'm a fan of Cyberpower. I own the 1250AVR and 1100AVR models, both of which have served me well for at least a year each, perhaps two.
 

Navid

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I have never had a Tripplite and cannot advise.

But, I find it promising that they have openly described how their Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) functions.
http://www.tripplite.com/shared/pdf/spec/tlspec_3071.pdf
From the top of page 3:
Direct Pass through: Voltages of 105V and greater are passed through to connected equipment unchanged.

Often, you see posts here that claim that a particular UPS is great for filtering the line voltage and providing a clean voltage to the equipment because it has AVR. While often, AVR operates exactly as described here. No filtering as long as the voltage is above 105V, in this case. So, if the voltage keeps going up and down from 110 to 130, that is exactly what will be passed to the connected equipment.


Looking at this runtime chart, http://www.tripplite.com/shared/pdf/runtime/SMART1000LCD.pdf, you can see that this Tripplite runs for 12 minutes on battery when loaded by 280W. While the APC that I linked (BE750BB) runs for 12 minutes when loaded by 300W. So, I would still go for that APC.
 

thescreensavers

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Originally posted by: Navid
I have never had a Tripplite and cannot advise.

But, I find it promising that they have openly described how their Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) functions.
http://www.tripplite.com/shared/pdf/spec/tlspec_3071.pdf
From the top of page 3:
Direct Pass through: Voltages of 105V and greater are passed through to connected equipment unchanged.

Often, you see posts here that claim that a particular UPS is great for filtering the line voltage and providing a clean voltage to the equipment because it has AVR. While often, AVR operates exactly as described here. No filtering as long as the voltage is above 105V, in this case. So, if the voltage keeps going up and down from 110 to 130, that is exactly what will be passed to the connected equipment.


Looking at this runtime chart, http://www.tripplite.com/shared/pdf/runtime/SMART1000LCD.pdf, you can see that this Tripplite runs for 12 minutes on battery when loaded by 280W. While the APC that I linked (BE750BB) runs for 12 minutes when loaded by 300W. So, I would still go for that APC.



So... I really dont understand what you said jsut a little. according to the specs How does it look good or bad. b/c IDK if that voltage thing you talking about it good or bad.
 

Navid

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Sorry!
According to the specs, it has AVR, which is better than the APC I linked. Its runtime looks a little bit worse (really small difference, which may be measurement error).
 

thescreensavers

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Originally posted by: Navid
Sorry!
According to the specs, it has AVR, which is better than the APC I linked. Its runtime looks a little bit worse (really small difference, which may be measurement error).

SO by purely specs not the amount of watts or AV's Which is better the Cyberpower or the Tripp light
 

thescreensavers

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bump serriously I update to the right one. which one is the best I can get ether. So I want to get the best one..