[CLUE-Tech] UPS Recommendations?

[Cyberclops]

CostCo has a faily beefy surge protector for $20.00 although I suppose
everything has its limit.  I have an olderTriplite UPS and all it does is
switch over to battery power if there is a power outage.  What OS you use
wouldn't make any difference.



"Jed S. Baer" wrote:

> After two power outages in a week, one of which cost me a motherboard,
> I've decided I need an UPS. Does anyone have any particular
> recommendations? The UPS-HOWTO seems hopelessly out-of-date for web
> links, anyway. And I suspect for capabilities of powerd as well. (Yeah,
> I'll read the powerd man page too. ;-)
>
> Seems if I want true sinusoidal output, it's gonna really cost me. I
> don't suppose that's a necessity.
>
> A few of places I've looked so far:
>
> http://www.4ups.com/ (refurbed Deltec, unknown VA rating)
> http://www.fentonups.com/Products/PowerPal/powerpal.html
> http://www.jetta-tech.com/Products_main.htm
> http://www.baber.com/baber/products/powersupplies.htm (Optiquest?)
> http://www.tripplite.com/
> http://www.bestpower.com/ (Useless website, AFAICT)
>
> One thing I find curious is the extreme variance in the "recommended"
> units given by 3 different web-based estimation programs -- in terms of
> the VA rating. My (admittedly lots of headroom here) PC has a 300W power
> supply. I haven't stuck my head behind my moniter yet to see what it
> wants (it's a 19" Sony). I'd like to put my alarm clock on it as well.
>
> According to the UPS-HOWTO, APC and TrippLite aren't Free-Software
> friendly. Anyone know if this is still true?
>
> TIA.
> Regards,
> jed
> --
> "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a
>  difference. Free Software developers don't have that problem."
>
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