On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:25:00 -0700 "H. S. Teoh" <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > > Heh. Reminds me of my UPS... I bought it to protect my very expensive > PSU from power surges/failures, but guess what? The PSU is still > running and the UPS has been dead for 4 years. :-P >
One thing I learned, the batteries in those things (just like any battery) won't last forever. You're supposed to replace the battery in it roughly every 2 years (IIRC). Personally I find it worth it. I'd never run my desktop without a UPS again - just one random power flicker and the whole thing reboots no matter what I'm in the middle of? I can't be having that. Every time our power fluctuates I'm thinking "Phew, I'm *so* glad I have that UPS, otherwise this thing would be rebooting right now."
