Thanks a lot for all the comments, I think I will get a better one. I went
to tigerdirect, they carry APC Smart-UPS 1500 VA and they also carry
Cyberpower CPS1500AVR (1500 VA) Is this Cyberpower any good? It said it's
design for running server, it's like 30% less expensive than Smart-UPS...
any idea?
Thanks
Alex.
"John McGaw" wrote in message
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00_DotNetWarrior wrote:
I have been using APC products at least for 6-7 years and I have 10 of
their products in the office and I am happy with them UNTIL recently. I
have one of my regular desktops I left it on all the time protected by
APC Back-Ups Office 500 VA, I went out for 2 hours and came back. The
computer was off and the whole room got burning smell. I found that my
APC was not working, So I examined my computer, monitor everything were
fine when plugged directly to the elec outlet.
Now, I opened up the APC, Look at the photos!!
http://portal.aidmas.com/Temp/Customer/98712/1.jpg
http://portal.aidmas.com/Temp/Customer/98712/2.jpg
http://portal.aidmas.com/Temp/Customer/98712/3.jpg
http://portal.aidmas.com/Temp/Customer/98712/4.jpg
The unit was not overloaded, and I checked my log file from other APCs
software, there wasn't any surge during the day.
Now, the questions a
1. What caused this? anyone had similar experience?
2. If I am using APC for my servers (I do have several servers running
1000VA series), I am SO WORRIED this will happen and shut down by itself
like this. How can I prevent this and WHAT'S THE POINT of having a
backup when APC can't even function by itself?
3. See the photos? The burning is pretty bad, it can actually cause fire.
I should think about APC product if I were to buy again.
Alex
And how many pieces of electronic equipment do you own that will never and
can never fail? Was the UPS supplying a computer controlling, for example,
your life support system?
I'd say that if the UPS failing didn't damage your computer, and given
that the UPS in question is about the cheapest model that APC makes,
things worked out pretty well all things considered. By all means, go and
buy some other manufacturer's UPS if it makes you happy but if you
continue to buy from the bottom rung you probably shouldn't expect any
better experience and may well do far worse.
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com