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On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so |
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>> there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is |
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>> * 1 LCD monitor 24" |
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>> * 1 (sometimes 2) "desktop" PCs connected to the monitor |
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>> * 1 ADSL router/modem |
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>> What brand and VA rating would people recommend. The stuff I'm |
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>> concerned about is the 2 or 3 times a year I get power flickers, or a |
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>> short outage. And also, if power is out for more than 5 minutes, and |
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>> the battery is running low, I want the PC to be able to sense that and |
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>> execute /usr/sbin/hibernate |
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> I personally have a Cyberpower 1350VA (with fancy LED display to show |
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> current load, estimated time remaining, etc.). It is supported by NUT |
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> in linux so my box can do a clean shutdown when the UPS battery is |
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> running low. Running my big PC (with 7 HDDs RAID) it gives me around |
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> 30 to 45 minutes of life on battery before the shutdown kicks in. My |
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> power outages at my house are generally either <5 seconds, or |
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> hours/days with nothing in-between. :) |
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I will also add I had an Ultra brand UPS before (actually made by |
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Powercom), which was extremely cheap, I'm talking about $79 shipped |
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for 1500VA UPS, and it spontaneously stopped working one day, just |
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outside of the warranty period. It was not supported by NUT, the linux |
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software required binaries instealled to /etc and also to write its |
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logs to /etc and generally did not work well anyway. I will avoid |
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Powercom/Ultra UPS in the future. |
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At work we use APC brand UPS and they generally seem to work very |
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well, though they tend to be quite expensive. |