[kwlug-disc] (question) Which UPS to buy?

[Nickle, Brian]

Costco is a great place to pick up apc ups.  We pick them up for the
desktops at work whenever they are on sale.
On Jun 2, 2014 1:32 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I live in an area where the power blinks off on an almost monthly basis.
>  Right now I'm running one of Canada Computer's CyberPower boxes and it's
> treating me well.  I plan on getting a second unit to split the load.
>
> However, I don't have anything bad to say about APC as they've always
> worked well for in the past also.  So either one of those two would get my
> vote.
>
>
>
>
> On 2 June 2014 12:32, L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com> wrote:
>
>> From my own observations of more than a few UPSes of different types, it
>> appears all are of lower quality than a typical modern computer
>> component (hard drive, motherboard, etc).  I have seen all brands suffer
>> from poor firmware/web interfaces, glitchy behaviour and outright
>> component failure (fun having a 6kVA inverter blow up in your face!).
>> Maybe it is just a fact of life when it comes to power electronics.
>>
>> That said, they are a necessary evil.  I have had reasonable luck with
>> Eaton/Powerware UPSes.  They are well-supported in Linux via usb-hid
>> interfaces (monitoring is crucial) and can be made network-visible using
>> Network UPS Tools (NUT).  The best feature is that you can get them
>> locally from PrimeSpec at a reasonable price.
>>
>>
>> On 06/02/2014 12:18 PM, Jonathan Poole wrote:
>> > FWIW APC Honours unit failures and usually gives a discount on your
>> next purchase of an APC if you are past warranty.  Unfortunately when
>> buying direct, you get nailed on shipping charges due to it’s weight.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) <
>> aklists at mixdown.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:00 PM, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
>> wrote:
>> >>> For ordinary consumers looking for "cheap" UPS,
>> >>> which UPS brand/model should they buy?
>> >> I still recommend APC. They’re the name and they’re really not that
>> much more expensive.
>> >>
>> >> Having said that, when my APC finally died (not batteries, but actual
>> component failure) I picked up a CyberPower unit from Canada Computers and
>> it’s worked well for my home server. It’s kind of hard to gauge UPSes
>> because they only time you notice them is when they’re not working.
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=32_438&item_id=020886
>> >>
>> >> That’s the one I got. It’s got a USB connection to my Linux PC but I
>> am not actually using any software to monitor it. They have a Linux binary
>> (deb/rpm/tgz) that does the same thing as their windows software:
>> http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/management-software/ppl.html?selectedTabId=resources
>> >>
>> >> -A.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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