Be aware that kVA is a higher number than kW.<br>What OS are you going to use it with, or are you going to let it hard-shutdown?<br><br>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.<br>
It is a SmartUPS; recently I d/l the software and made a cable for it so I could auto-shutdown a host.<br>The software allows much more monitoring than I thought was available, so that was a plus.<br>Their newer models use an RJ-50 (10-pin RJ-45) so you have to spend the money for a custom cable.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Last, Eaton makes large ones, and some rack-mount ones. I see they make small ones, but I have no experience with them.<br><br>- Scott<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Michael Shulman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.shulman@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.shulman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>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. </div>
<div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It looks like the successor to the BR1300LCD is the BR1300G. The battery is replaceable. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Gibbs, Donald E (314D) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donald.e.gibbs@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">donald.e.gibbs@jpl.nasa.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Anyone care to recommend a 500-1K VA uninterruptible power supply for home<br>
use with user replaceable batteries?<br>
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Hopefully with recent experience replacing the batteries from a local<br>
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Thanks --Don<br>
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