[Tfug] UPS sizing

[Harry McGregor]

I tend to buy good APC SmartUPS upses, cheap, either used locally, or
ebay within the phoenix area.

I have a few spare, if your interested, at a very good price to free up
the space, including an APC matrix.

For most systems, I use either a smart ups 700 or 1000, and I have a
2200xl that will be going in for the home entertainment setup soon.

                    Harry

Bexley Hall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I lived in the midwest, power outages were a
> frequent occurrence (e.g., sometimes twice a month).
> As such, I relied on a *big* UPS (3.5KVA with just
> about an hour uptime at full load) since it would
> allow me to keep working *through* the outage.
>
> That monster (it was almost the size of a washing
> machine) is no longer with me (it would have cost
> an arm and a leg to ship it!) -- and I probably have
> no place to *keep* it (since the garage would beat
> the hell out of it in the summer).
>
> Since power outages here seem to be relatively
> infrequent (I think less than one a year in my
> neighborhood), it seems silly to invest the $$$ and
> space in a similar beast.
>
> Rather, it seems like I'm better served by a small
> UPS at each machine that is just big enough to
> provide an orderly shutdown (saving work in progress)
> in the event of a power outage (and, to tide me over
> in those occasional dropouts).
>
> Does this seem in line with what others have done?
>
> Nappy Yew Hear!
> --don
>
>
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