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I have had good luck for many years buying used UPSs on ebay. Not the
little 500VA crappers, but nice big units that we use for our servers.
Most recently, I bought a 1100VA BEST Ferrups unit for $100 (plus a chunk of
shipping...its weighs a friggin ton). The UPS has 2 big batteries, and its
a full online UPS. We have used these for many years and they are rock
solid. I tested this one and it held up a server plus 15" monitor for an
hour and 45 minutes. The downside is that its heavy and noisy, with a fan
that runs 24/7 since its an online UPS. You wouldn't want one of these in
your office, but its great in a rack.
Long story short, check out ebay. You can find some great UPSs for much
less than retail. And since you are saving a bunch of cash, dont even waste
your time on anything under 900VA.
-Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: Boat Load of Backups
> Hello omega-list,
>
> It's time to buy a boat load of battery backUPS anyone got any
> suggestions and or ideas? i still wish i could just buy some of
> those new dry cell car battery's and just hook them up some how. at
> least on the weekends i could use them to double duty for my bass
> boat trolling motor.
>
> thinking of these ups APC Back-UPS 700 VA Power Supply for 119.00
> at sams? why but the big ones when you can buy a bunch of small
> ones. the big ones just burn out as fast.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Mark mailto:markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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