On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:41:42 -0000, al wrote:

Ideally I'd like to have a UPS to condition the power and prevent
loss from power cuts (battery life not really important), but I
can't find anything that falls into the small, cheap and quiet
category!!

I have an APC SmartUPS 700inet, 6" high 5" wide 18" deep, cheap well
that depends on how you define "cheap" I paid about =A3200 inc about 3
years ago so I guess they'll be cheaper now and silent no fan at all,
though when running off battery at 80% it does make a buzz.

You can get UPS's that'll give you the unclean shutdown protection for
around the =A370 mark but wether they do much in line conditioning or
not I'm not so sure. My APC will boost low volts and trim high volts
by adjusting "transformer" taps before deciding that the incoming
supply is really crap and it's best to abandon it all together and
make it's own.

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Cheers
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