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| 260179 | 2004-08-10 07:51:00 | Hi Looking for a UPS unit for my Computer. What do you Guys recommend Don't want to spend to much on this. Thanks Warrick. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 260180 | 2004-08-10 09:11:00 | thats a very open ended question. the main things you need to look at is ..... size.....as in power wise. it depends on how much power you pc and monitor draw. you could get away with a 500VA ups but most newish pc's (with crt screens) will require 1000VA. interactive or not. interactive maintain the power level reguardless of power input intill the power input goes to low and then switches to battery. non-ineractive simply switches to battery when the power gets to low. how the ups connects to the pc. most new ups use usb ports to connect to the pc so the ups can tell the pc to shutdown if its about to run out of battery power. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 260181 | 2004-08-10 09:44:00 | You may be interested in this thread. (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) | tommy (2826) | ||
| 260182 | 2004-08-10 09:50:00 | Have a look at www.ascent.co.nz . Personally, I haven't had much experience with these, so can't recommend any brands as such - but what kinda load are you gonna put on it? How long do you want it to run? | Growly (6) | ||
| 260183 | 2004-08-10 10:16:00 | As the originator of the thread linked to by Tommy, I'm more than satisfied with my purchase. I decided to go with a 500KVA unit basically because it did all I needed and was more cost effective to purchase 2 of these than by one larger unit with more capacity. I bought mine from Aquilatech.co.nz but I see some pretty sharp prices on the Ascent site. Don't know what the Fenton units are like, do a search on google for reviews. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 260184 | 2004-08-11 00:50:00 | A 500 KVA UPS? Did that come in a 20ft container or a 40ft one? Half a megawatt needs big and heavy batteries. Even a no-break diesel would have a 700HP engine. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 260185 | 2004-08-11 00:57:00 | > I decided to go with a 500KVA unit basically because it did all > I needed and was more cost effective to purchase 2 of > these than by one larger unit with more capacity. 500KVA eh Murray ;) That must be some computer system. When you get the second one you will need to build a new shed to house them. I'd hate to pay your power bill.:O Or perhaps it was 500VA :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 260186 | 2004-08-11 02:08:00 | Na! we have plenty of room to house both the computer and the UPS. Do you think 500KVA is a bit excessive? To give you an idea, where the mains cable comes into the switch room there is a cast iron box with 3 400A fuses, haven't had to replace one yet ;) What I am having trouble with though, is the backup generator, we have it set up so it cranks up every Monday at 3:00am then at 3:30am to make sure all the cobwebs are well and truely blown out, just a wee test you understand. For some reason this produces an after effect of load banging and other strange sounds eminating from the region of our front door. Figure that one out you power junkies :D Cheers Murray ;P |
Murray P (44) | ||
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