[SGVLUG] small UPS recommendation?

[Matthew Campbell]

APCUPSD is fine but a little rough around the edges.  Works well in web
mode.

I have about 30 APCs from 500W to 6000W and really like them.

I have been using Battery Power in Sylmar for replacing batteries at
wholesale prices.  The $90 APC ($50 online) batteries used to cost me $17
in bulk quantities of 1. ;)  When you are replacing them a dozen at a time
that really adds up quickly.  Their prices have gone up since the gulf war
and I think they're sitting now at $24 each for the 1280s and that's free
shipping if you go pick them up during your lunch hour (at the junction of
the 210 and 118).

Matt

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On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
>
>
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