Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
t;> swollen batteries that would get wedged inside. The best SmartUPS model >> for me was the 1400 VA rackmount XL. Those didn’t seem to destroy >> batteries like the tower models. >> >> >> >> What problems did you have with the BackUPS models? For a home UPS you >&g

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Adam Moffett
.com>> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 1:50 PM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS I've seen them at home because we threw them away at work.  I regretted it every time and

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
For a home UPS you > probably aren’t using the web or SNMP monitoring. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 1:50 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS > > > > I'

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Ken Hohhof
you have with the BackUPS models? For a home UPS you probably aren’t using the web or SNMP monitoring. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 1:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS I've seen them at home because we

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
I've seen them at home because we threw them away at work. I regretted it every time and just threw them away, or replaced it with Smart UPS. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:29 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 3/30/20 8:16 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: No.  Just no.  No.  Back UPS are terrible.  Smart-UPS have been great to us over the years. 100% of our issues are Back UPS related. I'll use a Back-UPS at home, but that's about it. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listi

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
No. Just no. No. Back UPS are terrible. Smart-UPS have been great to us over the years. 100% of our issues are Back UPS related. If you can, refurb ones are fantastic - especially the 750. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread Colin Stanners
f rated load doesn’t help > much because they are inefficient at low load. > > > > I forget who was selling the Li-ion units. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com > *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:50 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
because they are inefficient at low load. I forget who was selling the Li-ion units. From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:50 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS Hard to go wrong with a Generac. They really are not

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread chuck
Hard to go wrong with a Generac. They really are not that expensive. From: Colin Stanners Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 9:48 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS Most consumer UPSes only come with enough battery to power their full load for 5-10min so to

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread Colin Stanners
out the quality of the input power, dual >> conversion is probably an expensive overkill. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF *On >> Behalf Of *Colin Stanners >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2020 7:43 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread can...@believewireless.net
input power, dual > conversion is probably an expensive overkill. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf > Of *Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2020 7:43 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS > > > >

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread Nate Burke
rsion is probably an expensive overkill. *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Colin Stanners *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2020 7:43 AM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS We've seen many people use the APC Back-UPS series for a long time without issues. Older models

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS We've seen many people use the APC Back-UPS series for a long time without issues. Older models had replaceable batteries and will often work fine with a new battery; they don't have a calibration command so it's good to put a lig

Re: [AFMUG] Good Home UPS

2020-03-29 Thread Colin Stanners
We've seen many people use the APC Back-UPS series for a long time without issues. Older models had replaceable batteries and will often work fine with a new battery; they don't have a calibration command so it's good to put a light load (30-50%) and let them run down to empty once or twice so that