Re: Are power backup UPSs worthwhile?

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kony wrote:
| On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:23:18 -0400, "Jerry" <Hello@spam.com>
| wrote:
|
|| "Jack S" <gh@43.com> wrote in message
|| news:Hrori.12399$rR.3169@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
||| I recently got an APC BK650MC UPS unit for free. I'm trying to
||| decide if it's worthwhile to spend $44 on the batts it needs.
|||
||| This would be to backup a (surge protected) home system in an area
||| that does get some power spikes that currently cause my system to
||| shutdown. A year ago, this led to an XP install getting corrupted,
||| and I had to do a re-install which turned out to be a real pita.
|||
||| I'm unfamiliar with these things, and any comments on pros and cons
||| would be appreciated.
|||
||| Thanks
||
|| I would have to agree with Leythos, watch for sales and you will
|| find that you can probably pick up a new unit for the same or less
|| than the cost of the batteries your looking to buy. This weekends
|| Sunday ads showed Staples selling an APC 550VA for $34.98 after $15
|| instant rebate and a $15 easy rebate. That would make it a no
|| brainer for me.
||
|
| It's not an equivalent model, more differences than just
| 100VA. Beyond higher current, the BK650 uses something like
| a 12Ah battery while the Staples 550VA model uses about
| 7-8Ah.

http://www.atbatt.com/ups-backup-batteries/b/APC/m/BK650MC.asp 24.29
plus shipping
Price for unit might be in the 159 to 149.00 range
http://www.4techdeals.com/SearchMenuAction.cfm?Manufact=APC

Rose
 
on the Basis of simply using an APC they are invaluable for protecting your
PC and important data, IF they are the kind that if your line voltage drops
below a certain point, they kick in and using the battery add to the voltage
and bring it back to standard voltage.
Also in the case of a blackout, it allows the pc to shut down safely, rather
than abruptly and possibly losing data and or corrupting the windows OS/HD.

ONce I had my wife shut down the pc in the middle of doing something, and it
required me to do a complete reinstall of the OS, thankfully I had and
continue to keep updated, backups so other than the time it took to
reinstall, I didn't lose a thing.

"RoseW" wrote:

> kony wrote:
> | On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:23:18 -0400, "Jerry" <Hello@spam.com>
> | wrote:
> |
> || "Jack S" <gh@43.com> wrote in message
> || news:Hrori.12399$rR.3169@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> ||| I recently got an APC BK650MC UPS unit for free. I'm trying to
> ||| decide if it's worthwhile to spend $44 on the batts it needs.
> |||
> ||| This would be to backup a (surge protected) home system in an area
> ||| that does get some power spikes that currently cause my system to
> ||| shutdown. A year ago, this led to an XP install getting corrupted,
> ||| and I had to do a re-install which turned out to be a real pita.
> |||
> ||| I'm unfamiliar with these things, and any comments on pros and cons
> ||| would be appreciated.
> |||
> ||| Thanks
> ||
> || I would have to agree with Leythos, watch for sales and you will
> || find that you can probably pick up a new unit for the same or less
> || than the cost of the batteries your looking to buy. This weekends
> || Sunday ads showed Staples selling an APC 550VA for $34.98 after $15
> || instant rebate and a $15 easy rebate. That would make it a no
> || brainer for me.
> ||
> |
> | It's not an equivalent model, more differences than just
> | 100VA. Beyond higher current, the BK650 uses something like
> | a 12Ah battery while the Staples 550VA model uses about
> | 7-8Ah.
>
> http://www.atbatt.com/ups-backup-batteries/b/APC/m/BK650MC.asp 24.29
> plus shipping
> Price for unit might be in the 159 to 149.00 range
> http://www.4techdeals.com/SearchMenuAction.cfm?Manufact=APC
>
> Rose
>
>
>
 
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