[SGVLUG] small UPS recommendation?

[Claude Felizardo]

On all of the newer APC UPS's that've gotten in the last few years
come with the funky RJ45/50 to USB cable.  The software I use for
Linux is free:

http://www.apcupsd.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apcupsd

Looks like I'm severals versions old.  For winblows I use the software
that came with the UPS though I think I had to downgrade on Win7 but
that was a year ago.

Actually it looks like it's available for windoze so I should try that
on my main desktop.

Wow, that's serious manual:

http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/manual.html

Claude


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Scott Packard <spackard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Be aware that kVA is a higher number than kW.
> What OS are you going to use it with, or are you going to let it
> hard-shutdown?
>
> APC is good; I use a 1997 one for home I bought used, and it still works
> fine and replacement batteries are easy to find.
> It is a SmartUPS; recently I d/l the software and made a cable for it so I
> could auto-shutdown a host.
> The software allows much more monitoring than I thought was available, so
> that was a plus.
> Their newer models use an RJ-50 (10-pin RJ-45) so you have to spend the
> money for a custom cable.
>
> HPs are okay; Compaq's seem to fail after several years.  Software is almost
> impossible to find on their site, and cables are very expensive and it's
> hard to find hobbiest support.
>
> Tripp-Lite occupies a bit of a niche.  Cheap, but monitoring software could
> be considered a few steps behind in my opinion, but I have good memories of
> an inverter I bought decades ago from them.
>
> Last, Eaton makes large ones, and some rack-mount ones.  I see they make
> small ones, but I have no experience with them.
>
> - Scott
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Michael Shulman <michael.shulman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know about a local supplier for UPS parts,  however I have been
>> using an APC BR1300LCD for a few years and have good things to say about it.
>> I've generally reliably gotten about ten minutes of power on a busy PC, a
>> large monitor and some home networking equipment.
>>
>> It looks like the successor to the BR1300LCD is the BR1300G. The battery
>> is replaceable.
>>
>> As to the replacement problem, after about four years my battery died and
>> I replaced it with a part from  RefurbUPS.com for about $50. It was a
>> positive experience.   Aside from sending instructions for replacing the
>> battery, they also provide instructions for how to ship back your old
>> battery for an extra fee using the same box.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Gibbs, Donald E (314D)
>> <donald.e.gibbs at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone care to recommend a 500-1K VA uninterruptible power supply for
>>> home
>>> use with user replaceable batteries?
>>>
>>> Hopefully with recent experience replacing the batteries from a local
>>> supplier.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks  --Don
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ----------------------------
>> Regards,
>> Michael Shulman
>> michael.shulman at gmail.com
>> Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
>> stupidity.
>
>