[chadfree] Re: Picking a UPS

Cyber Power is good too, I have 3 of them.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <chadfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: [chadfree] Re: Picking a UPS


Rene--

If all you're going to do is run the system and the monitor, you can get 
by with a smaller unit.  Depending on your monitor, a 500VA UPS should 
be plenty adequate to keep things up for 5 minutes. (A 2500VA unit would 
be considered serious overkill.) I just bought an APC ES 500VA Battery 
Backup for $42US for an AMD XP2200+ system and a 17" monitor.  It comes 
with a USB interface that, in conjunction with APC's Powerchute 
software, will safely shut the machine down if the power fails or drops 
for more than a few moments.

I have had good experience with APC and would rate them the top in UPS 
protection.  They have a connected equipment warranty that is also very 
good and which they have, in my experience, always honored.

There are also Tripplite and Belkin but I have no direct experience with 
them, but hear they are considered good products.

Tom



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