[Novalug] Backup power question

covici@ccs.covici.com covici@ccs.covici.com
Sun Aug 18 21:08:52 EDT 2013


Looks like m ine is a smart-ups 1500, I give the info to apc and they
told me what kind of battery it required.  My modems and some audio
equipment are on there as well, but as long as it lasts I will keep it
going.  Its not automated, I have to shutdown things manually.

Jay Hart <jhart@kevla.org> wrote:

> I have a APC BACKUP XS 1500 VA.  At one point I had 4 computers hooked up to it, plus a 6 port
> switch,  monitor, phone, and DSL modem.
> 
> I could run for 10-15 minutes before I had to shut everything down.  My default was to start
> shutting the PCs down after 5 minutes.  Why 5 minutes, Its probably not a short duration outage. 
> I had to leave the switch on because one of the PCs was the master and told the others to shut
> down, then waited about 3 minutes, and tuned itself off.
> 
> Cost, probably around $200 at the time.
> 
> For $100 to $150, you can get a UPS that will at least buy you the 5-10 minutes you need to turn
> everything off.  My setup was automation, via APCupsd.
> 
> Jay
> 
> > I have two computers plus other things, so maybe its overkill or not, I
> > have not measured the load.
> >
> > Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell@qis.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 18 Aug 2013, Jay Hart wrote:
> >>
> >> > $400 for a single PC in a house is way overkill.  If you lose power you need enough battery
> >> life
> >> > to shut the PC off.  I believe in Charlie's case a small $100 UPS from Microcenter would do
> >> the
> >> > trick just fine.
> >> >
> >> > Jay
> >>
> >> several years ago I had the computer I now have plus a large CRT monitor.
> >> when power went out my backup power supply gave me time to shut the
> >> computer down and that was about it.
> >>
> >> then the CRT died and I replaced it with a LCD monitor.
> >>
> >> same computer, same backup power supply, I now have 15 minutes or
> >> more to do things if the power goes off.
> >>
> >> considering the relative cost of a really large back up power supply and
> >> a large LCD monitor, if one is still using a CRT it may be time to
> >> consider going over to an LCD monitor.
> >>
> >>
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