Re: UPS recommendations

2013-05-12 Thread Chris
I've owned several different UPS brands over the years and APC was the worst by far. My two APC units both failed within two years of purchase. The best UPS units that I've owned have been a pair of Exide Powerware Prestige EXT

Re: UPS recommendations

2013-05-12 Thread Nicholas Leippe
Where they are always online: 1) do they produce a lot of heat? 2) noise? My primary goal is for my desktop in my office. I really don't want to up the heat or db levels much if it can be avoided. For my entertainment center, heat is okay, but noise would be a problem. I will check into these,

Re: UPS recommendations

2013-05-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 12 May 2013 11:37:56 -0600 Chris plug@2nerds.com wrote: I've owned several different UPS brands over the years and APC was the worst by far. My two APC units both failed within two years of purchase. I've owned two APC UPSs over the last 20 years. My current one is a Back-UPS LS

Re: UPS recommendations

2013-05-12 Thread Nicholas Leippe
I guess I wasn't clear. I'm done with APC. After two units charging circuits failed catastrophically (one destroyed $200 of brand new batteries), and both could have lit my house on fire I no longer trust APC. Period. They continued to attempt charging full batteries--which got bloated, started

Re: UPS recommendations

2013-05-12 Thread Joel Finlinson
I've got a Cyberpower 1500 that been dependable for a couple of years ( worked through two sets of batteries and still going ). I've also used lots of APC units that I don't like and don't recommend either - jf On May 12, 2013, at 12:54, Charles Curley charlescur...@charlescurley.com wrote:

May meeting: Ham radio is for nerds. Like me. (Josh Tolley)

2013-05-12 Thread Steve Meyers
Date: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 Time: 7:30 PM Location: UVU Business Resource Center Presenter: Josh Tolley (a.k.a. eggyknap) Ham radio used to be where aspiring hackers got started. Amateur radio is still a vibrant world with much to teach the interested geek. We'll talk about where ham radio