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FWIW, I've experienced the same problems as described below with the power
conditioning function of APC units.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Boat Load of Backups
> Personally, I would never ever put another dime into APC UPSes. There was
> one guy in my office who used to use one. Every once in a while he would
> wander into my office and say "Was there a power glitch?" His computer
> which he had hooked up to an APC would kill his system anytime there was
the
> slightest drop in power. My system which didn't have any protection at
the
> time never noticed. I have had several different UPSes at home. Some APC
> and some Best Power. I had one APC (I think it was a 200) that wouldn't
> even support ONE of my 21inch monitors turning on while the damned APC was
> plugged in to the wall!
>
> The 2 Best Power units I've had have never given me a moments trouble.
And
> the price is pretty reasonable. UPS prices are way, way down from where
> they were 5 years ago. I think I paid ~$300 for a Best Power 1000 a
couple
> of years ago.
>
> Kent
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:36 PM
> Subject: Boat Load of Backups
>
>
> Hello omega-list,
>
> It's time to buy a boat load of battery backUPS anyone got any
> suggestions and or ideas? i still wish i could just buy some of
> those new dry cell car battery's and just hook them up some how. at
> least on the weekends i could use them to double duty for my bass
> boat trolling motor.
>
> thinking of these ups APC Back-UPSŪ 700 VA Power Supply for 119.00
> at sams? why but the big ones when you can buy a bunch of small
> ones. the big ones just burn out as fast.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Mark mailto:markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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