[ale] OT: U.P.S. Recommendations

[Kent Pirkle]

I've had good luck with the OptiUPS 1500C - all the outlets are UPS
protected. Good prices also.

On 4/11/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 21:32 -0400, aaron wrote:
> > I've been trusting the life of my computers to the Southern
> > Company monopolists and Georgia Power for as long as I've
> > I've been living with computers (or, in their little silicon minds,
> > living _for_ them).
> >
> > In truth, the electricity has been generally reliable and consistent
> > in my area, at least as far as I can tell without having ever put
> > meters on it, but I'm overdue to start playing a little safer and
> > invest in a U.P.S. / Power conditioning system to help safeguard
> > my money machines.
> >
> > I'm looking to provide power to a couple 400 watt computers with
> > CRT monitors plus a few external disk drives. A 30 minute battery
> > run time would ride through most of the occasional bumps and brief
> > outages that happen here. Don't need any remote monitoring or
> > alerts and such since these aren't server systems.  Just looking for
> > advice on appropriate size and brands that are a reliable value.
> >
> > Like any computerized rubbish bin would say...
> >      Any Input Appreciated!
>
> Bzzt!
>
> At 400W plus CRT you will need something around a 600W UPS for EACH
> system. APC is rock solid but a bit pricey. I have several and I'm quite
> satisfied.
> >
> > peace
> > aaron
> >
> >
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