is this a good price?

[Aharami]

power in my new apt is very flaky. Ive blown the fuse for my room twice already with just the comp, monitor, speakers, and a compact fluorescent light turned on. Monitor screen is flickering as we speak. I need some good, clean power going into my PC and monitor. Is this following Belkin piece good? How bout the price?

Belkin 1200VA UPS

 

[Aharami]

damn.....slow day here at ATOT

 

[arcenite]

yeah i'd say its about average.

 

[Captante]

I have that exact UPS & it will hold my system for about 20 minutes (PC Power & cooling 510watt & 19 inch Trinitron) ... the only problem I've had with it is that for some reason its USB connection isn't detected by XP... serial works fine though.

Edit: Unit price is good, but overall deal depends on the shipping... its pretty heavy.

 

[Coquito]

Check the total with shipping, then go over to belkin.com & check how much the total is there. The xxxxx coupon after all these years still works, but only gives you 40%off now(was 50%).


Link

Coupon codes are not allowed

 

[Aharami]

shipping is $23 :shocked:

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Captante
I have that exact UPS & it will hold my system for about 20 minutes (PC Power & cooling 510watt & 19 inch Trinitron) ... the only problem I've had with it is that for some reason its USB connection isn't detected by XP... serial works fine though.

Edit: Unit price is good, but overall deal depends on the shipping... its pretty heavy.

does it come with any diagnostic software that tells you power consumption and/or quality info?

 

[DaTT]

Originally posted by: Aharami
power in my new apt is very flaky. Ive blown the fuse for my room twice already with just the comp, monitor, speakers, and a compact fluorescent light turned on. Monitor screen is flickering as we speak. I need some good, clean power going into my PC and monitor. Is this following Belkin piece good? How bout the price?

Belkin 1200VA UPS

:Q first of all, upgrade to breakers.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: DaTT

Originally posted by: Aharami
power in my new apt is very flaky. Ive blown the fuse for my room twice already with just the comp, monitor, speakers, and a compact fluorescent light turned on. Monitor screen is flickering as we speak. I need some good, clean power going into my PC and monitor. Is this following Belkin piece good? How bout the price?

Belkin 1200VA UPS

:Q first of all, upgrade to breakers.

how hard/easy is that to do? and how much money am I looking at here to upgrade the breakers

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: DaTT

Originally posted by: Aharami
power in my new apt is very flaky. Ive blown the fuse for my room twice already with just the comp, monitor, speakers, and a compact fluorescent light turned on. Monitor screen is flickering as we speak. I need some good, clean power going into my PC and monitor. Is this following Belkin piece good? How bout the price?

Belkin 1200VA UPS

:Q first of all, upgrade to breakers.

how hard/easy is that to do? and how much money am I looking at here to upgrade the breakers

you'd have to sell your computer.

 

[amdskip]

Not cheap but it's a good idea to upgrade. Depends on how big of a box you need. I would guess $400???

 

[Aharami]

so im guessing this wouldnt be a DIY job. I'd probably need to hire an electrician...

i'll look into this

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: Captante
I have that exact UPS & it will hold my system for about 20 minutes (PC Power & cooling 510watt & 19 inch Trinitron) ... the only problem I've had with it is that for some reason its USB connection isn't detected by XP... serial works fine though.

Edit: Unit price is good, but overall deal depends on the shipping... its pretty heavy.

does it come with any diagnostic software that tells you power consumption and/or quality info?

It comes with a program called "Bulldog" that shows power levels, loads etc & allows for shutdown customization ... not the best but it works as well as other free utilities I've used like APC Powerchute.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Aharami
so im guessing this wouldnt be a DIY job. I'd probably need to hire an electrician...

i'll look into this

DO NOT try to replace a fuse panel with a breaker box without fully knowing what you are doing. Can be dangerous.

Brother is an electrician and he did the job for me a few years back very easily.
I watched him and would still not want to tackle it myself.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: Aharami
so im guessing this wouldnt be a DIY job. I'd probably need to hire an electrician...

i'll look into this

DO NOT try to replace a fuse panel with a breaker box without fully knowing what you are doing. Can be dangerous.

Brother is an electrician and he did the job for me a few years back very easily.
I watched him and would still not want to tackle it myself.

thanks. I was hoping this would be something i can tackle myself and save myself a few bucks. But I'll take your word for it.