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10-Outlet APC BX1500M 1500 VA / 900W Battery Back-UPS

$150

$200

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Amazon has 10-Outlet APC BX1500M 1500 VA / 900W Battery Back-UPS for $149.99. Shipping is free.

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Features:

  • 10 Outlets (NEMA 5-15R): 5 surge protector with battery backup; 5 outlets with Surge Protection Only
  • Boost Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR): instantly corrects low/high voltage fluctuations without discharging the battery, and is Active PFC compatible
  • Replaceable Battery: Easily replace the battery back up with a genuine APC replacement battery, model APCRBC124 (sold separately)
  • 1 GB network dataline protection, 6' Power Cord, right-angle 3-prong wall plug (NEMA 5-15P), and free Windows PC power-management software (Mac OS uses native "Energy Saver" Settings)

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Model: APC Back-UPS Pro BX1500M - UPS - AC 120 V - 900-watt - 1500 VA - USB - output connectors: 10

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I got this same model a year ago for $130. Considering the flakiness of living on the border between 2 power companies, it's more than paid for itself.

It's 900w for ~5 minutes, less power draw = longer life. It's not possible to answer your specific question without knowing the draw. I have two power strips plugged in to mine, I'm running my old full tower desktop (i7-3770k w/ 1 tb ssd, 2x 4 TB hdd, 1 8tb hdd, 1070ti), small chinese mini box running an old celeron and an nvme for pfsense (firewall/internet gateway uses 8w), a cable modem, an asus ap, a synology nas (ds920+ w/ 2x 12 tb), 24" asus screen, 32" samsung 2k, an old RCA shelf stereo system wired into the desktop.

Turning off my desktop during an outage increases the time to ~25 minutes which is more than enough time for the ds920 to do a proper shutdown if needed - most outages last only seconds but they've been up to ~7+ hours. There is an alarm on the UPS, I turned it off, and an LCD that shows how much power is left etc.

There is (windows) software, but I don't use it, not sure if it can trigger a shutdown or not.
" Pure sine wave? or Modified?
Answer:
It is in between. Though not pure sine wave, it has many little steps, vs Modified (modified square wave) which is simply 0 + 0 - 0 + 0 - 0 +... (3 status levels) A very good explanation and comparison graphs are shown at: https://linustechtips.com/main/to...-best-ups/ Hope this helps."
I have used the CyberPower 1500 true sine model for about a year and have had no issues. You pay a premium for the pure sine wave backup power. Note that if you're just using it for a computer, a modified sine wave is usually fine because your computer's power supply will just convert to DC anyway. The pure sine wave is most often recommended for sensitive medical equipment. There are a few fringe exceptions, e.g. I recall there were reports of some iMac model showing errors with noisy power.

I noticed some of the 1-star video reviews posted on Amazon's APC product page show the product running on carpet and throwing an overheating alarm. You may want to avoid sucking carpet lint into your UPS regardless of model.

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cheshirecat
08-01-2022 at 03:27 AM.
08-01-2022 at 03:27 AM.
Never owned one of these.
How long (approximately) would it be able to run a home server/NAS with ~7 HDDs and no dGPU for?
Is it capable to send a shutdown signal to the OS when power is lost?
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08-01-2022 at 04:54 AM.
08-01-2022 at 04:54 AM.
Quote from cheshirecat :
Never owned one of these.
How long (approximately) would it be able to run a home server/NAS with ~7 HDDs and no dGPU for?
Is it capable to send a shutdown signal to the OS when power is lost?
My nas is able to run about 10-15 mins depending on the VMs running (4770+Router pulls 180W peak). You will need to plug in a usb cable and configure your computer but it will allow it to safely shut down (The computer reads the data from the UPS and shuts itself down. I have unraid set to shutdown after 5 mins).
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08-01-2022 at 04:55 AM.
Quote from cheshirecat :
Never owned one of these.
How long (approximately) would it be able to run a home server/NAS with ~7 HDDs and no dGPU for?
Is it capable to send a shutdown signal to the OS when power is lost?
I got this same model a year ago for $130. Considering the flakiness of living on the border between 2 power companies, it's more than paid for itself.

It's 900w for ~5 minutes, less power draw = longer life. It's not possible to answer your specific question without knowing the draw. I have two power strips plugged in to mine, I'm running my old full tower desktop (i7-3770k w/ 1 tb ssd, 2x 4 TB hdd, 1 8tb hdd, 1070ti), small chinese mini box running an old celeron and an nvme for pfsense (firewall/internet gateway uses 8w), a cable modem, an asus ap, a synology nas (ds920+ w/ 2x 12 tb), 24" asus screen, 32" samsung 2k, an old RCA shelf stereo system wired into the desktop.

Turning off my desktop during an outage increases the time to ~25 minutes which is more than enough time for the ds920 to do a proper shutdown if needed - most outages last only seconds but they've been up to ~7+ hours. There is an alarm on the UPS, I turned it off, and an LCD that shows how much power is left etc.

There is (windows) software, but I don't use it, not sure if it can trigger a shutdown or not.
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