Hello,

I just bought a UPS for my home computer from ebay,

It’s a APC 650, my question is, If I were to drain the battier, how long would it take to gain a full charge again?

Chris

NeverMind, Google seems to be doing its job tonight, ;)

6 hours charge time.. not bad..

I sleep well knowing my UPS is keeping things in good order :)


Lats...

hmm.. i have to get a UPS for my comp soon too ... :D

where do you guys recommend buying them online at a good price but yet a good ups and not a lemon?

http://www.apcc.com/

I've always heard APC are very good. I've been looking at getting one myself recently.

Greg Moore

Originally posted by akashik
http://www.apcc.com/

I've always heard APC are very good. I've been looking at getting one myself recently.

Greg Moore

thanks i'll look into one myself ;)

hehe, i have to keep my home machine uptime, would be a humiliation to loose it :-) got myself a UPS erm, as luck would have it, about 70 days ago, hehe

up for 70 day(s), 1 hour(s), 30 minute(s), 53 second(s) :cool:

I have 4 Belkins, both 425 and 650 VA, they've always worked flawlessly :D

Originally posted by akashik
http://www.apcc.com/

I've always heard APC are very good. I've been looking at getting one myself recently.

Greg Moore

i can vouch for APC,

I use to have a UPS, batteries went bad after a couple years. Was nice though, I still had power while I went to turn on the generator. Hehehe, I had something like 380 days uptime on one machine, and 259 on the other.

which apc should i look @ getting?

this is the one it recommended me getting but on the questioneer i just put my desktop and not my linux box too but it has no monitor so not much power gonna be pulling through it so if this one is at 56% will this one be big enoguh for 17 minutes for both pc's ?

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Back-UPS 650VA
Part Number: BK650MC

Price: 129.99 USD
Runtime: 17 minutes
% of Max Capacity Used:
56 %




Features
Hot Swap Batteries
Replace Battery Indicator
Overload Indicator
Modem Protection
Add'l Surge Protected Outlets

I had a 525VA and it ran my two machines for about 30min.

so the 650 is bigger so therefore it shoudl work great

btw.. you know the price of that 525va off hand? i wonder if its cheaper to buy in stores or on thier site or what?

I've got an APC Backups ES350.

Fantastic UPS. Only a small capacity but it has nice features and powers the following for about 13-14 mins:
- Linux gateway/fileserver (no monitor)
- Key Telephone System (NEC Electra/Ranger)
- Desk Lamp (so I can see if the power goes off)
- Ericsson DECT Cordless phone base station
- Clock radio
- Sony Discman (does music on hold for telephone system).

I forget the exact price - it was about AU$200 from memory from Harris Technologies (http://www.ht.com.au).

Has a nice USB connection so it connects to the computer. I can see the status, runtime, battery charge, etc. It also pops up a message on the screen when there is a change of power source (battery/AC).

My uptime (18:48 up 27 days, 17:29:41) says how long I've had the UPS for :) - I was up to ~112 days when the power went out so I bought a UPS the next day.

As for ordering UPSs off the Internet; just remember that they can be quite heavy and the shipping price might outweigh the cost of going to pick it up :)

--Shaun

I can't remember what I paid.

But, you can search http://www.pricewatch.com/ and see how cheap you can get an APC UPS for.

I got my personal UPS for 20% off no shipping at Dell peripherals. Always check for their weekly sales.

Anyone know how to turn off those annoying beeps from the UPS when the power goes out? I have a Back-UPS 350 and it's very annoying when I get waken up by beeps in the middle of the night.