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APC BE425M 425VA/255W Back-UPS Product Details
APC 6-Outlet Back-UPS Network
Provide a nonstop protection to your valuable electronic devices with the help of the APC BE425M Back-UPS.
When the electricity goes off, it will surely result in either an annoying or troublesome situation, or maybe both. This can be prevented by equipping your systems with which provides a temporary battery power to your devices during interruptions and surges. With a capacity of 255 Watts and 425VA, it can provide the right and an extended amount of power to your gadgets and electronics. It has a total of six outlets and two surge-only outlets wherein you can connect multiple PCs or television equipment.
This APC Back-UPS provides over three hours of runtime which is enough to let you continue working on unfinished loads or save your work before properly shutting your computer down. This way, loss of any valuable data will not be worrisome anymore. Aside from the benefits, it gives to your electronics, it also provides convenience to you for its compact physique allows horizontal or vertical placement.
Moreover, it includes EMI/RFI Filtration, GreenPower UPS™ High-Efficiency Design, and PowerPanel® Personal Edition software which gives you the full control over the Battery Back-UPS.
Purchase the 6-outlet APC BE425M Back-UPS today only here at TigerDirect!
What It Is And Why You Need It:
Audible alarms; Provides notification of changing utility power and UPS power conditions
Building Wiring Fault Indicator; this LED informs users of potentially dangerous wiring problems in the wall circuit
LED Indicators; Provide easy-to-read status of the unit and utility power conditions
6 total outlets; 4 battery backup, and 2 surge only outlets
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It also appears that the battery is not user-replaceable on this model. Not knocking that the price/value isn't pretty good, but things to keep in mind.
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I have 8 surge protectors from 4 brands including three of these. Lost power for two seconds in a storm and these all died while the other three brands and models had no issue.
This was maybe a month ago.
Absolute garbage, and a big enough sample size to know.
This was maybe a month ago.
Absolute garbage, and a big enough sample size to know.
It also appears that the battery is not user-replaceable on this model. Not knocking that the price/value isn't pretty good, but things to keep in mind.
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Regarding Battery Replacement, the battery can be replaced two ways.1) Sending the unit back to a Factory Authorized Service Center (to the best of my knowledge, APC no longer provides this type of service to Consumer Grade UPS devices); or 2) DIY, IF AND ONLY IF, you are not risk averse and are knowledgeable about working around/with electronic circuitry. Why? This model was designed to be disposable and not serviceable by consumers. When you open the case, you are exposed to hazardous circuitry/components and introducing dangerous errors (e.g. getting the battery polarity wrong). There are a couple of YouTube videos about swapping out the batteries.
These are no more difficult or dangerous (LOL seriously?) than any other UPS. i.e. you can always plug in the battery backwards if you want to. Yeah, you will see a green circuit board near the battery and no you shouldn't work on these plugged in or poking at the electronics. But, they are no more complex or risky.
HOWEVER these have a slightly non-standard lead acid battery (I think they were 12V 3.5 4 or 5AH) which will run about $30-$40 vs the standard 12V 7AH batteries that most 1000VAish units take which run $20 ea (usually needing a pair of them) so take that for what it's worth.
The ones we do have deployed seem to be quite reliable as compared to the tower units we have which seem to have a 10-20% / yr failure rate (fail not battery going bad).
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And I do not actually know the alarm's decibel rating, only that it hurt my ears the entire time I was waiting for my system to shut down.
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You can probably get it cheaper once it shows up on Direct Tools Outlet or goes clearance at Home Depot, but if you are not in the Ryobi tool system you can add two 4AH batteries and charger for a $100 total https://www.homedepot.c
It looks like that deal sold out online, but if you find a store with the inverter and batteries it will still work until August 1st.
Regardless I think the inverter with Lithium tool batteries is the way to go for your modem/router. Battery is easily replaceable, they don't lose their charge as quickly over long periods of time, and that saves you some $ on your energy bill. You can also use the batteries in your tools. If your internet connection is mission critical the UPS is better, but that short runtime is going to make you need to find a solution in an hour or so anyway when it dies not to mention the higher up front cost for each minute of power and the constant draw added to your meter.
Since lithium batteries age pretty quickly if they are kept fully charged, I'm wondering about the implementation for UPS units. Do they keep the batteries only partially charged over the long term?
I'd recommend ONLY using pure sine wave UPS units for backup power on a computer/other sophisticated circuit board based electronics
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