Comments on: Got a Bigger, Badder UPS http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/got_a_bigger_badder_ups The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/got_a_bigger_badder_ups#comment-48431 Jeff Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:17:59 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/stupid_ups#comment-48431 I have the ES550 with a Mac Pro, a 23" LCD and a 17" LCD (via ADC adapters) plugged into the battery side. I've never had a brown-out, though, as the power is pretty well conditioned at my office... so i don't know if it'll stand up to the task. I wonder if i should go bigger... and an LCD would be a nice feature to have. I have the ES550 with a Mac Pro, a 23" LCD and a 17" LCD (via ADC adapters) plugged into the battery side.

I've never had a brown-out, though, as the power is pretty well conditioned at my office... so i don't know if it'll stand up to the task.

I wonder if i should go bigger... and an LCD would be a nice feature to have.

]]> By: Andreas http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/got_a_bigger_badder_ups#comment-48319 Andreas Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:40:40 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/stupid_ups#comment-48319 I have the ES 700 myself, and though I luckily don't use it that much, it has always worked when needed to. Nice feature with the LCD though, could be handy. Hope it works out for ya. I have the ES 700 myself, and though I luckily don't use it that much, it has always worked when needed to. Nice feature with the LCD though, could be handy. Hope it works out for ya.

]]> By: Adam Jacob Muller http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/got_a_bigger_badder_ups#comment-48299 Adam Jacob Muller Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:08:05 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/stupid_ups#comment-48299 I have had this issue with other UPS'es in the future, but honestly I have never been as tolerant as you are. I've basically upgraded my UPS situation three times in the past. I will start by saying that I buy ALL of my UPS equipment refurb with NEW batteries. You can get CRAZY deals this way and I would never buy them any other way. I'm also not sure how you could tolerate a UPS failing, I have consistently had a one-strike failure policy. I started off with a SmartUPS 1000VA, nice box, worked fine for a year or two but eventually the batteries died, it eventually was unable to preform AVR (voltage boost) and was ditched. I then purchased a nice SU1400RMNET, this was rather oversized for what I needed and as a result did last for nearly 4! years. That UPS developed an issue that caused it to one time simply shut down completely. It was thus retired. It's now been replaced with an APC SU3000RMXL3U, hopefully this one will last a good long while. While this may seem like a bit of overkill, I am in a somewhat unique situation. Due to the area that I am in brownouts are a "frequent" occurrence. Especially in the summer months (like right now) I can see (I graph the data from the SNMP card in the UPS) the input voltage on the UPS dropping as low as 110V on a daily basis. This leads to frequent bursts of AVR. I would also say that while the RS series of back-ups products seems better than the other back-ups products I have only had bad experiences with the back-ups stuff and stick strictly to the commercial-grade smart-ups stuff. I have had this issue with other UPS'es in the future, but honestly I have never been as tolerant as you are. I've basically upgraded my UPS situation three times in the past.
I will start by saying that I buy ALL of my UPS equipment refurb with NEW batteries. You can get CRAZY deals this way and I would never buy them any other way.
I'm also not sure how you could tolerate a UPS failing, I have consistently had a one-strike failure policy.
I started off with a SmartUPS 1000VA, nice box, worked fine for a year or two but eventually the batteries died, it eventually was unable to preform AVR (voltage boost) and was ditched.
I then purchased a nice SU1400RMNET, this was rather oversized for what I needed and as a result did last for nearly 4! years.
That UPS developed an issue that caused it to one time simply shut down completely. It was thus retired.
It's now been replaced with an APC SU3000RMXL3U, hopefully this one will last a good long while.

While this may seem like a bit of overkill, I am in a somewhat unique situation. Due to the area that I am in brownouts are a "frequent" occurrence. Especially in the summer months (like right now) I can see (I graph the data from the SNMP card in the UPS) the input voltage on the UPS dropping as low as 110V on a daily basis.
This leads to frequent bursts of AVR.

I would also say that while the RS series of back-ups products seems better than the other back-ups products I have only had bad experiences with the back-ups stuff and stick strictly to the commercial-grade smart-ups stuff.

]]> By: Gordon Tyler http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/got_a_bigger_badder_ups#comment-48291 Gordon Tyler Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:57:07 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/stupid_ups#comment-48291 Somewhat offtopic, the only indication I had that your post was longer than it appeared in my RSS reader was the way it ended without actually mentioning anything about the bigger badder UPS. I've seen other RSS feeds cut with a "Read more..." or similar. Somewhat offtopic, the only indication I had that your post was longer than it appeared in my RSS reader was the way it ended without actually mentioning anything about the bigger badder UPS. I've seen other RSS feeds cut with a "Read more..." or similar.

]]> By: Brian http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/got_a_bigger_badder_ups#comment-48290 Brian Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:51:52 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/07/07/stupid_ups#comment-48290 Ah, you should have put a post up before with the problem. If there was a feasible method of sending it 2 hours north, I'd have sent you a Smart-UPS 1400. Ah, you should have put a post up before with the problem. If there was a feasible method of sending it 2 hours north, I'd have sent you a Smart-UPS 1400.

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