Finally after all these year I bought a APC UPS and you should too if you don't have

2ndgenz28 · 08-04-2010, 09:31 PM

Finally after all these year I bought a APC UPS and you should too if you don't have one yet.

Only cost $60 at bestbuy and I got 32mins of run time plus voltage drops n surge protection.

model ES 550

Being summer time we get those power drops more often, so quick at time the TV and such doesn't even flicker but enough to shut off the computer.

Now no more of that which I know has to piss it off.

$60 well spent, cheaper then computer parts or data recovery.

SlingShot · 08-04-2010, 09:33 PM

I've got six of them, and all were a buzzing today but did what they were made to do ...

2ndgenz28 · 08-04-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SlingShot

I've got six of them, and all were a buzzing today but did what they were made to do ...

6?

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Though should add that I got the 32min of run time by only having the computer and external HD plugged into the back up side.

The moniter n other junk is just on the surge side.

If Im home and its more then a few min's I can plug the monitor in and power off as needed. If not it will it wll do its own thing anyways.

With everything I got on the power side it was only 15min...
[big CRT monitor]

2ndgenz28 · 08-09-2010, 01:40 AM

WOOT had my first beep today, was neat, whole place goes dark for a few sec, TV goes off, sec later the monitor which isn't on back up come back alive and all my work was still there, like nothing had ever happened

*TAG UR IT* · 08-09-2010, 02:17 AM

dang...we never have issues like that

monstertodd · 08-09-2010, 07:10 AM

The UPS we use on our ground control station's are gigantic and weigh like 150lbs. They give us maybe 45 minutes of power in case our generators go out.

They are nice to have though in case the lights go out.

2ndgenz28 · 08-09-2010, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

dang...we never have issues like that

I am lucky that the local power company is just a few miles down the road and a nuke power plant about 15 the other direction so we never have long power outtages but in the summer months I assume from all the AC use we get flickers.

And those flickers really suck when ya got a bunch of stuff open.

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monstertodd

Yep those things can be super heavy yet sitll small, messed up my back helping lift one out of a car at my last computer job, done roofing, and shipping jobs but not till I got a sit down computer job did I ever hurt myself.
It was so small and wasn't ready for the weight of it. Bought the size of a home PC but weighed 999lbs.

Rogue Leader · 08-09-2010, 07:36 AM

I have one at home best thing I ever did.

Happens to me at work however way more often, I am thinking of buying one to use in my office!

08-04-2010, 09:31 PM	#1
2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	Finally after all these year I bought a APC UPS and you should too if you don't have Finally after all these year I bought a APC UPS and you should too if you don't have one yet. Only cost $60 at bestbuy and I got 32mins of run time plus voltage drops n surge protection. model ES 550 Being summer time we get those power drops more often, so quick at time the TV and such doesn't even flicker but enough to shut off the computer. Now no more of that which I know has to piss it off. $60 well spent, cheaper then computer parts or data recovery.

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08-09-2010, 01:40 AM	#4
2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	WOOT had my first beep today, was neat, whole place goes dark for a few sec, TV goes off, sec later the monitor which isn't on back up come back alive and all my work was still there, like nothing had ever happened

08-09-2010, 02:17 AM	#5
TAG UR IT www.Camaro5store.com Drives: 2014 ZL1 #705 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SA, Texas Posts: 26,544 View My Garage	dang...we never have issues like that

08-09-2010, 07:10 AM	#6
monstertodd Drives: 2010 Cyber Grey Metallic 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tega Cay, South Carolina Posts: 4,032 View My Garage	The UPS we use on our ground control station's are gigantic and weigh like 150lbs. They give us maybe 45 minutes of power in case our generators go out. They are nice to have though in case the lights go out.