[chadfree] Picking a UPS

X-posted: AltCPU, CHAD, Chadfree

ok ... so it's summer again ... and with summer comes brownouts ... this is
a really old house, so it's hard to avoid ... not sure if it's the fuse box
or the wiring that overheats ... but when it gets just a little warm, I
start to have problems with brownouts ... barely noticeable to the eye (as
in lights dimming) ... but big enough that the computer cuts out for a
fraction of a second and restarts ... 

last year I had it happening several times a day because we had a 3 month
heatwave ... now I'm just sick of it, especially because I loose data
everytime... 

SOO ... I figure I gotta bite the sour apple and get a UPS ... but, how to
choose? ... They're not exactly cheap ... and I don't need a whole lotta
juice ... I only need it to run the machine itself ... which means a
possible 480 W drain ... + 50% overload ...

But I dunno how to read the UPS specs ... as I understand it, I need a 2500
VA UPS for it to last 5 mins ... I don't need one that can keep the computer
running on battery for eternity ... I just need one that can keep the
machine up during the brownouts, and give enough power that the machine can
do a proper shutdown in case of a longer outage ... but occasionally it
takes several minutes for windows to offload the memory cache...

Any advice please ... ? ... Also on brands and models... only one I know is
APC ... and I think, Liebert ? ... can't remember the name ...

I'm not a hardware person ... so I'm not all that much into all this
stuff...


Rene
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