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Recommended UPS?

jgbishop

Senior member
I need a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for my system, because the power at my house occasionally blinks (for whatever reason). Are all UPS systems essentially the same? Are there brands that I should go with or stay away from?

Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
 
APC is generally recommended as the best. I've got one of them, a little 250VA thing, if I remember right, which powers my network stuff - a router, a switch, and a cable modem. It lacks a mute button for the speaker that beeps when the thing's on battery power. A soldering iron fixed that though - the little piezo speaker now goes by the name "spare part." 🙂

My systems user Cyberpower UPSes from Newegg. Low priced for the capacity, but they come with a functional utility that lets you monitor voltage, load, temperature, and frequency. It also lets you set the voltages that trigger the backup power source - both if it's too high and too low. It also has automatic voltage regulation (1100AVR and 1250AVR are what I've got), which is supposed to stabilize line voltage without battery power. I'm pretty happy with these units, and they've not given me any problems. The 1250AVR does beep at me sometimes (probably from momentary overload) when I degauss my monitor, but that's because it's a good quality 21" screen. BIG degauss coil, and the cycle takes 8 seconds to finish.
My dad's PC also has a Cyberpower UPS - 800VA thing. No problems from it either.
 
I have belkin 650, 900 office, & 1500 network ups units. The 650 is actually a replacement for a unit that started to die after 3 years. I sent it back & they returned an updated model to me. I'm very happy with them.
 
I like Belkin. Easy to use and the higher end models are quite nice looking. I believe there's still a 50% off coupon from their website floating around online. I got an 1100v UPS for like $70 or so with it. They markup their prices a lot compared to Newegg and other stores, but it's usually a bit cheaper with the 50% off coupon.
 
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