Need a UPS battery backup.

[Compman55]

I have a 550VA Belkin UPS that like to eat its batteries every 2 yrs. At $60 a pop, I figure its time to retire and and get a new one. Any recommendations? I am not looking for somthing to run a long time, just something that can tell windows to hibernate.

 

[Modelworks]

APC and Tripplite both make good UPS. Battery life cycle varies with use. The more it is used the faster they will degrade. 2 years is a bit short, most go about 3-4 years without problems.

 

[dualsmp]

I just replaced an APC 500VA battery which lasted over 5 years. Portable Power has fairly good prices on replacement batteries . My APC 500VA batttery with shipping was around $24 for a Enersys NP7-12T . They have a storefront on Amazon as well.

http://www.portablepower.com/enersy...7.html?zenid=c892e48d73dea97fc2aaba2e3caca4c1

They have a best seller battery list on the right pane:
http://www.portablepower.com/

Edit: I believe the newer APC 550VA units use the same battery I listed above if your looking for a unit that uses less expensive batteries.

 

[MarkGinger]

I have a 550VA Belkin UPS that like to eat its batteries every 2 yrs. At $60 a pop, I figure its time to retire and and get a new one. Any recommendations? I am not looking for somthing to run a long time, just something that can tell windows to hibernate.

The batteries should be lasting 3-5 years. It depends on the abuse they take but if you buy high quality batteries they're designed to last about 3-5. Some of the cheaper batteries on the market are actually 1 year life span batteries.

If you're looking to replace the unit, I would recommend you go with a Smart-UPS 700 at the least. It's a line interactive unit, offers avr boost/drop, surge protection, power filtering and sine wave output. The 700 is small data center unit.

 

[kalrith]

The batteries should be lasting 3-5 years. It depends on the abuse they take but if you buy high quality batteries they're designed to last about 3-5. Some of the cheaper batteries on the market are actually 1 year life span batteries.

If you're looking to replace the unit, I would recommend you go with a Smart-UPS 700 at the least. It's a line interactive unit, offers avr boost/drop, surge protection, power filtering and sine wave output. The 700 is small data center unit.

I have two of the Smart-UPS 700 units, one for my gaming PC and one for my HTPC. Work was going to throw them out, so I snagged them and replaced the batteries with these over two years ago. They're still going strong. The price has gone up quite a bit though. I paid $100 shipped for two of them, and the same would cost $123 now.