<p dir="ltr">Costco is a great place to pick up apc ups. We pick them up for the desktops at work whenever they are on sale.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 2, 2014 1:32 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">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.<div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 June 2014 12:32, L.D. Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com" target="_blank">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">From my own observations of more than a few UPSes of different types, it<br>
appears all are of lower quality than a typical modern computer<br>
component (hard drive, motherboard, etc). I have seen all brands suffer<br>
from poor firmware/web interfaces, glitchy behaviour and outright<br>
component failure (fun having a 6kVA inverter blow up in your face!).<br>
Maybe it is just a fact of life when it comes to power electronics.<br>
<br>
That said, they are a necessary evil. I have had reasonable luck with<br>
Eaton/Powerware UPSes. They are well-supported in Linux via usb-hid<br>
interfaces (monitoring is crucial) and can be made network-visible using<br>
Network UPS Tools (NUT). The best feature is that you can get them<br>
locally from PrimeSpec at a reasonable price.<br>
<br>
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On 06/02/2014 12:18 PM, Jonathan Poole wrote:<br>
> 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.<br>
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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) <<a href="mailto:aklists@mixdown.ca" target="_blank">aklists@mixdown.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:00 PM, William Park <<a href="mailto:opengeometry@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">opengeometry@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> For ordinary consumers looking for "cheap" UPS,<br>
>>> which UPS brand/model should they buy?<br>
>> I still recommend APC. They’re the name and they’re really not that much more expensive.<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=32_438&item_id=020886" target="_blank">http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=32_438&item_id=020886</a><br>
>><br>
>> 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: <a href="http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/management-software/ppl.html?selectedTabId=resources" target="_blank">http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/management-software/ppl.html?selectedTabId=resources</a><br>
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>> -A.<br>
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