Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)

Discussions between 23 May 2006 and 24 April 2007.
Subject

UPS now installed.

“Righto, the shiny new Belkin UPS arrived today. Gave it the full charge up, and it's now installed an working fine.”

Do I need a UPS?

“Is it essential to have a Mac compatible one?”

UPS Energy Saver control pane

“Sure enough, a UPS menu item and associated control pane show up, but the controls are disabled.”

UPS + 10.4

“Can anyone recommend a brand of Uninterruptible power supply that works well with OSX 10.4?”

PowerMac deadness following power cut

“Pressing the power switch on the computer makes the light come on for a second and then off again.”

End of Miseries in sight, Whee!

“After weeks of searching for a viable way to run a Mac on 208 vac, there seems to be a breakthrough.”

Battery recall cockup

“Yes, Apple, in their infinite wisdom, has now sent me TWO batteries to replace the one 'dodgy' one.”

UPS that works well with Tiger

“Any recommendations on an affordable (750 VA or so) that works perfectly well on tiger”

G5 and Belkin battery backup ... trouble?

“I put my dual G5 on a 500VA APC UPS and it would shut down prettymuch immediately.”

Surge Protectors

“I was recently told by an "expert" that surge protectors deteriorate over time and the protection is lost.”
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