Adrian Brentnall wrote:
HI Folks
We seem to be getting more & more short duration (5 seconds, maybe)
power outages (local Electricty folks looking into it -
but apparently it's somewhere on a 5km stretch of cabling
between here & the village - and, as it's self-resetting,
it's difficult to trace / fix).

So - thinking UPS for the 3 pc's here.
The two in the office are entry-level Dells, and could (perhaps) be fed
from the same UPS box ??
The one outside spends most of its time uploading data from the weather
station up to the web - and is probably too far away
to share the office UPS..

So - looking at CPC's website (only because they offer very reasonable
carriage rates to this part of Ireland) - there's a bewildering array
of units....

Any recommendations from what's on offer ?
personal experiences - ones to avoid..?

To be honest - it's probably less of a long-term UPS
that's needed - more of a 'keep the PCs running til the mains trips back
in' device..

Any suggestions ?

I have similar problems, excellently solved with a recon UPS unit from ebay.
You might need a couple, but small & cheap.

Would unreservedly recommend the seller
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/ups-trader/