UPS

[fishingeek]

How many of you out there use an UPS. Its funny how we spend so much money on our systems and dont get an UPS to protect our investment.

 

[erub]

not me, a surge protector is good enough - blackouts/brownouts are very rare in Dallas - we have high quality power 🙂

 

[LordEdmond]

yep would not be without one

 

[MWink]

I have 3 APC UPSs protecting everything in my room. We have excellent power around here but I would not even think of running my system without a UPS. I strongly believe in power protection. Whenever I build a system for someone I include an APC SurgeArrest standard. My policy is "No APC power protection, No warranty!"

I also don't trust any company other than APC. I had a Tripplite UPS (that I paid WAY too much for) that did a LOT more damage than good.

If you look around, you can get real good deals on APC products. I paid $170 for my Back-UPS Pro 650 (2.5 years ago). That's at least $100 cheaper than I have seen it anywhere else. I also got 2 APC Back-UPS Office 280s for $35 each. By the way, all of them were new.

 

[Oxy]

I bought a couple APC UPS after powersurge and blackouts killed a monitor and my tv. Good thing i had warrenty on my monitor.

 

[shathal]

Have a Surge-protector, but that isn't a big deal really.

Am trying to get a UPS, but the sodding things just cost so much 🙂. Line-conditioner might be a wiser choice anyway.

But that's realisically only for servers. Surge Protector / small UPS should be enough for most of us - line conditioners is really only something you want/need if you got LOTS of $$'s worth of equipment (5-6+ figures) running 🙂.

... or if you are very paranoid 🙂.

 

[karmasalad]

I don't have one for my el-cheapo Dell system (just use a Monster surge protector).

But for my new power rig that I just spent $2000+ on, yes, I have it hooked up to an APC Back-UPS Pro 500 USB. If I'm already spending so much on the components, another $100 is a drop in the bucket to protect that hefty investment.

 

[Gustavus]

I have three APC Smart UPS 1000 UPS's (recently purchased to replace three NSSI 1200VA units that started failing after seven years) and three Topaz 2KVA line conditioners. From personal experience, I would not put any system of mine on line with out adequate protection. PowerChute has logged sags to 84V and peaks to 134V with quite a few power failures that caused the battery to switch in. Looking at a weeks worth of logs would convince anyone on the same power system I am to get solid UPS and line conditioner protection. 1000VA (or 1200VA) may seem like overkill, but I regard it as cheap insurance for several K of electronics I could ill afford to lose.

 

[nnnyyy]

Using APC UPS on all the computers in the house. How can anyone not use a UPS here in CA! 😉