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From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:08:55 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50ED9617.6010309@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130108130147.GA26744@waltdnes.org>

Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I think my UPS is dying.  Time to get a new one.  It's been years, so
> there may be new tech out there I don't know about.  My normal usage is
> * 1 LCD monitor 24"
> * 1 (sometimes 2) "desktop" PCs connected to the monitor
> * 1 ADSL router/modem
>
>   What brand and VA rating would people recommend.  The stuff I'm
> concerned about is the 2 or 3 times a year I get power flickers, or a
> short outage.  And also, if power is out for more than 5 minutes, and
> the battery is running low, I want the PC to be able to sense that and
> execute /usr/sbin/hibernate
>


I'll add what I have.  I have a CyberPower UPS.  It's a 1350va model. 
It works fine.  The software, doesn't seem to allow me to change
settings tho.  When I have power problems, it is one of two things. 
Long blinks of a couple to several seconds or dead for hours.  I wanted
to change it so that it would auto shutdown when the battery got to
about 50% or so.  I don't see any need in running the thing down all the
way when the power will not be back on in time to prevent a shutdown
anyway.  So, UPS works fine for what I need but software has a few limits. 

I have a Cooler Master case with lots of large fans, Gigabyte mobo,
16Bgs of ram, 4 hard drives, DVD burner and a 22" LG monitor plus a DSL
modem and a Linksys router plugged in.  According to the software, it
runs at about 20% of its rated 1350va. 

This is also the second CyperPower UPS that I have had.  The last one
works but the plugs are a bit loose.  When I got the one above, I did
some work on the old one and use it for my TV now.  I also had to
replace the batteries in the old one after about 6 or 7 years.  I bought
the old one back in 2003 or so.  It is dependable.

I read some of the other posts too, I have always read that APC has
better Linux support.  It just depends on what you can afford and IF you
need all the fancy controls.  ;-)

Hope that helps. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

-- 
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-09 16:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-08 13:01 [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations? Walter Dnes
2013-01-08 16:39 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2013-01-08 17:27 ` Paul Hartman
2013-01-08 17:32   ` Paul Hartman
2013-01-08 20:47     ` Daniel Frey
2013-01-08 18:45 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2013-01-08 22:50 ` [gentoo-user] " Steven Lembark
2013-01-09  0:05 ` Randy Barlow
2013-01-09  0:32   ` Matthew Marlowe
2013-01-09  7:24     ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-09 15:47       ` Daniel Frey
2013-01-09 19:15         ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-09 19:38           ` Thanasis
2013-01-09 16:08 ` Dale [this message]
2013-01-11  0:21 ` [gentoo-user] Redux: " Walter Dnes
2013-01-12  0:57   ` Daniel Frey

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