Recommended UPS?

1. Stimpy - 30 November 2007

   My power has just gone down *again* (third time this week) and I've finally decided it's time to get myself a UPS.

   Unfortunately for me, I know nothing about UPS's so can anyone recommend something that would support two computers for a minute or so?

   TIA

2. Woody - 30 November 2007

   Anything with APC written on the front (apart from in pen) would be a good choice!

   Woody

3. Peter Ceresole - 30 November 2007

   My Gahd! Where *are* you? Baghdad?

   Peter

4. Andy Hewitt - 30 November 2007

   APC are the ones to go for if you can afford them. I have a Belkin Universal 1200VA here, and that seems to be working fine for the last six months or so. The Belkin has the benefit of using plain 13amp plug sockets, whereas others tend to use the Bulgin type (kettle leads).

   Andy Hewitt
   <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>

5. Odiferous - 30 November 2007

   Belkin are great - in winter.

   Mine (Belkin Universal 1200VA) caught fire in my office and took down a (then) stupidly expensive computer and everything plugged into the UPS.

   Won't touch anything but APC.

   Duncan

   Retrodata
   www.retrodata.co.uk
   Globally Local Data Recovery Experts

6. Stimpy - 30 November 2007

   On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:45:51 +0000, Peter Ceresole wrote

   Mid-Wales :-)

7. Peter Ceresole - 30 November 2007

   Oh heavens. Do you suppose it will turn out all right for you in the end?

   Peter

8. Gareth Slee - 30 November 2007

   At least he'll be able to see the Milky Way...

   Am I the only Gareth Slee?
   http://www.garethslee.com

9. Andy Hewitt - 30 November 2007

   Odiferous wrote:

   Belkin are great - in winter.

   Mine (Belkin Universal 1200VA) caught fire in my office and took down a (then) stupidly expensive computer and everything plugged into the UPS.

   Won't touch anything but APC.

   Yeah, I heard of others too, but doing some searching with Google also finds catching fire incidents with APC units too.

   Trouble is the APC units are double the price.

   Andy Hewitt
   <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>

10. Jaimie Vandenbergh - 30 November 2007

    I got my APCs (1400VA 2u rackmountables with new batteries) off eBay for a bit under £80 each inc p&p. Seller is "ups-trader" and he's ever so helpful.

    Cheers - Jaimie

    They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me. - Nathaniel Lee

11. Andy Hewitt - 30 November 2007

    Aye, they're coming down. When I got mine the APC 1000VA models were about £120, the Belkin was about £70.

    Andy Hewitt
    <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>

12. Stimpy - 30 November 2007

    On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:06:46 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote

    Oooo... sounds interesting... I'll take a look. Thanks everyone

13. Stimpy - 30 November 2007

    On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:55:16 +0000, Gareth Slee wrote

    At least he'll be able to see the Milky Way...

    Living out here has it's advantages - aside from the flaky power of course

14. Gareth Slee - 30 November 2007

    Far too many city dwellers think Milky Way is a chocolate bar...

    Am I the only Gareth Slee?
    http://www.garethslee.com

15. Stimpy - 30 November 2007

    On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:11:22 +0000, Gareth Slee wrote

    Far too many city dwellers think Milky Way is a chocolate bar...

    ...that you can eat between meals without losing your appetite

16. Woody - 30 November 2007

    I got a black USB APC 1000 to replace my old serial one for under £80 with new batteries too, also from ebay (ups-warehouse) in 2005. It isn't as vital as it used to be since I moved to the town from the country, but it is still nice to have.

    Woody

    www.alienrat.com

17. Andrew Stephenson - 30 November 2007

    Previously wildrover.andy@googlemail.com "Andy Hewitt" writes:

    [...] The Belkin has the benefit of using plain 13amp plug sockets, whereas others tend to use the Bulgin type (kettle leads).

    IEC[*] connectors?

    [* : "International Electrotechnical Commission" or similar IIRC] --
    Andrew Stephenson

18. Andy Hewitt - 30 November 2007

    Yeah, sorry, senior moment then!

    Andy Hewitt
    <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>