I should probably start this with "don't try this at home..." but I'm going to propose precicely that:
I have taken an APC UPS with batteries which had failed, and replaced them with cables run out the side to a pair of golf-cart batteries from Sears. The two batteries were about the same price as a new UPS at the time, and I've tested my network setup on it for an hour of up-time while unplugged before getting nervous and plugging it back in.
I'm running a P5-90, an SNAP server, two 8 port switches, a p5-200 webserver and monitor (12")
I've never tried to calibrate the monitor in the APC, so I don't know whether the lights mean much anymore, but it's nice to be able to keep running even when the power fails.
--Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharrea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] APC BackUPS 500
On Tuesday 08 Oct 2002 8:13 am, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> It'd probly get both systems past a real short power loss, but you
> really should get an UPS for each system. There's cheaper UPS' than
> APC, but with those you'll probly endin spendin more than the initial
> savings down the road replacin batteries.
Thanks Tom. I'll take your advice and stick with APC - like you said its
probably cheaper in the long run. I can only afford one at the mo which
I'll use for the Athlon (my main system) and get another UPS in a couple of
weeks (and keep my fingers crossed ; ) ).
Sharrea
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