Ups

[PHOENIX_12]

might be looking into getting a ups soon, was wondering how many of u have them, do u think their worth the money to get a decent one?

[coogle]

I would buy one, but so far my computer equip hasn't been worth it, but now I'm not so sure.

Will look for one at Tax time :)

[Dezza Bot]

My server has a really really old one from when my work upgraded theirs. Only runs for about 5 mins, buts that's good enough for what I need it for

[W00gie]

Whats a UPS?

[KaneH]

wat woogie said...

[AlCaTrAzz]

Uninteruptable Power Supply... I have one on the work server

[BR3TT]

Its like a backup generator..

When the power goes out.. The UPS kicks in and keeps it powered for a certain amount of time..

eg Dezza's one goes for 5 mins..

I don't have one.. and I don't really need one..

[AlCaTrAzz]

most home users dont need one... but for corporate enviroments they are great as a backup in case somthing goes wrong with the backup generator...

my ups has about 10min of life to it... just long enough to shut down the SQL server

[osic]

Ive been looking for one, but I want one that conditions the power as well. My power seems to be full of spikes ( I dont think the full house ducted air conditioning helps with that) and there has been so many electrical storms lately, like right now. They seem to start at $100 and go from there ut how much am i looking at for one that conditions as well

[John Angstrom]

APC (http://www.apcc.com/products/category.cfm?id=13) is good, OptiUPS (http://www.opti-ups.com/ups_detail.phtml?product_id=47) is good value. I can recommend either of them as I use both.

[AlCaTrAzz]

i'd have to recomend APC there... nothing but really good quality stuff

[PHOENIX_12]

ty guys

[Brainless]

I run 2x Belkin Universal UPS 800va and 1x Belkin Universal UPS 1200va
never had a hiccup with them, they have AVR so if they detect a brownout they will kick over to battery until it is gone,
brownouts causing the majority of PC failures,

they have a connected equiptment warrenty so ur covered against spikes

and i should really move into the sales dept

[fauxpas]

I have a base model Opti-UPS 500... Saves me every brownout or outage...

I need another though cause its only on my server... need the other for my gamer...

Though, I think UPSs are less necessary these days as XP recovers well from impromtue outages compared to all b4 it...

[MaJ]

my data isnt that important... i dont give a sht about it.

[BR3TT]

Think of the porn maj.

lol.

[fauxpas]

I just dread being in a war, and important one, and the lights flicker...

Then you proceed to kick the shiola out of your monitor in a fit of rage...

[BiGsy]

I would only get a ups for data loss... like a work computer. For home just get insurance.. its like $5 a month for 4k replacment and that includes transporting. I live in a very high brown out spot... 17km from the power base and our pole being the last on the line... I get about 5 brownouts a night, somtimes one resets my comp. About 1 blackout a week. My computer is fine. Our 1 year old fridge on the other hand just died last week, but a fridge uses its power much different to a computer.

[Dezza Bot]

Originally posted by fauxpas@Feb 25 2005, 05:39 PM
I just dread being in a war, and important one, and the lights flicker...

Then you proceed to kick the shiola out of your monitor in a fit of rage...
73755

too bad it doesnt protect the modem... or er what it connects to at the exchange
damn damn etc.. had about 4 outages during a war one night.

To what buggy said....
I'd be buying a little ups asap if it was me... brownouts are baad mmkay

[osic]

Im not worried about my data, i format every 3 months anyway, but Im worried about blowing another PSU ($140 at that). I now have a $220 PSU and dont feel like blowing it.

[Icefire]

I should get a UPS incase the power goes out and I'm watching porn, that way I can finish the job at hand. No pun intended ;)

[mouse]

Originally posted by Dezza Bot@Feb 27 2005, 12:55 AM
too bad it doesnt protect the modem...* or er* what it connects to at the exchange
damn damn etc..* had about 4 outages during a war one night.


Erm, the exchange is on one hell of a ups. It has about a 20 hour backup, when it switches on it hits all sorts of alarms, at which point it will either be fixed or a generator will be turned on. As for your modem, why not plug that into the ups as well? Problem solved.

[fauxpas]

Dezza Bot, I made a custom power plug and cord that feeds a 4-way power board... My server, 4-port adsl modem and 8-port switch all run off it...

[Dezza Bot]

Originally posted by cowstaker@Feb 27 2005, 08:26 PM
Erm, the exchange is on one hell of a ups. It has about a 20 hour backup, when it switches on it hits all sorts of alarms, at which point it will either be fixed or a generator will be turned on. As for your modem, why not plug that into the ups as well? Problem solved.
73888

You obviously havent been to the Pindari Av. Exchange ;) Somethings gotta be a bit dodgey between there and my house.

And yeah I've had my modem on a little ups for a fair while now, along with my ap, switches etc