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expiredphoinix | Staff posted Mar 20, 2023 10:07 AM

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

$145

$200

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Amazon has 10-Outlet APC BX1500M 1500 VA / 900W Battery Back-UPS for $144.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member phoinix for finding this deal.

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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Amazon has 10-Outlet APC BX1500M 1500 VA / 900W Battery Back-UPS for $144.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member phoinix for finding this deal.

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)

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 11,500 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About this store:
  • Additional Note:

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Steelgaze
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Disregard the previous comment about requiring a pure sine wave for computers. Computers work fine with modified or simulated sine waves. You only really are required to have a pure sine wave for things like medical devices or things that are very sensitive to the current.

Things like speakers could 'buzz' or the picture on the computer monitor can look fuzzy if it switches to to the backup and your power goes out, but it's not the end of the world. IMO you have other things to worry about than listening to your home entertainment system if the power is out.

The sine wave stuff only comes into play when you are on the battery backup power. The sine wave you get while getting power from the wall will be whatever/however clean your power company provides.. which I assume for most people you will not be on the power backup for 99.99% of the time. If you need a UPS, I wouldn't skip out on this just because it isn't a pure sine wave.


From a quick search, this is a good deal as with other APC units they require proprietary batteries, but this one you can use generics to replace the batteries when they go bad in a few years.
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Bruh, EVERYTHING has that. Batteries have lead, that's why it's on there.
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Mar 20, 2023 11:24 AM
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This is a great discount and I was about to pull the trigger but after looking deeper, it says that it's not pure sine wave Frown

Edit. Turns out I don't really need true sine wave for a high end workstation PC so I bought this.
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Mar 20, 2023 2:08 PM
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teknomanMar 20, 2023 2:08 PM
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Quote from TheTechTempest :
This is a great discount and I was about to pull the trigger but after looking deeper, it says that it's not pure sign wave Frown
Correct, the APC sine wave model you would want instead is the BR1500MS2. Been a while since there's been a deal unfortunately…
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matlokMar 20, 2023 2:48 PM
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looked again...

If your computer's PSU has Active PFC (pretty much any decent PSU made in the last decade will), you want a Pure Sine Wave UPS.

Based on that knowledge, I don't even know what the intended use for the PSU in the OP is. For things other than a PC, I guess.
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insensibleoneMar 20, 2023 4:02 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank insensibleone

I've used a simulated Sine Wave APC UPS with my PC which does have a nice PSU with Active PFC and it's been fine for a couple years now through plenty of black and brown outs.
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CoolMoney1870Mar 20, 2023 4:07 PM
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Quote from matlok :
looked again...

If your computer's PSU has Active PFC (pretty much any decent PSU made in the last decade will), you want a Pure Sine Wave UPS.

Based on that knowledge, I don't even know what the intended use for the PSU in the OP is. For things other than a PC, I guess.
I have this 1500 UPS with just a Cable Modem wifi gateway plugged into it.It gives us a day of wifi internet and phone when there is no power for all the laptops & tablets.
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SteelgazeMar 20, 2023 4:24 PM
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Disregard the previous comment about requiring a pure sine wave for computers. Computers work fine with modified or simulated sine waves. You only really are required to have a pure sine wave for things like medical devices or things that are very sensitive to the current.

Things like speakers could 'buzz' or the picture on the computer monitor can look fuzzy if it switches to to the backup and your power goes out, but it's not the end of the world. IMO you have other things to worry about than listening to your home entertainment system if the power is out.

The sine wave stuff only comes into play when you are on the battery backup power. The sine wave you get while getting power from the wall will be whatever/however clean your power company provides.. which I assume for most people you will not be on the power backup for 99.99% of the time. If you need a UPS, I wouldn't skip out on this just because it isn't a pure sine wave.


From a quick search, this is a good deal as with other APC units they require proprietary batteries, but this one you can use generics to replace the batteries when they go bad in a few years.
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Mar 20, 2023 5:18 PM
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JohnB3768Mar 20, 2023 5:18 PM
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Specs are very similar to the regularly priced $149.99 1500 VA CyberPower model at Costco
CyberPower 1500VA/900Watts Simulated Sine Wave UPS Battery Backup with Surge Protection | Costco
though I can't tell if the Costco one has replaceable battery.
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ElatedHealth6110Mar 20, 2023 5:31 PM
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My guess is that these UPS units will come down in price because the LiFePo4 solar generators will basically do the same thing (act as a UPS), sans communication with the computer.
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armedmetallicaMar 20, 2023 5:35 PM
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Quote from CoolMoney1870 :
I have this 1500 UPS with just a Cable Modem wifi gateway plugged into it.It gives us a day of wifi internet and phone when there is no power for all the laptops & tablets.
Thanks - that's what I'm here for! I have a cyberpower unit - but need something separate for modem/wifi equipment.

Edit:


Do you know if the unit turns back on after power is restored? I read somewhere that there was a model that requires you to press it back on. Not sure if it was this or one of those "generator" type batteries.
Last edited by armedmetallica March 20, 2023 at 10:38 AM.
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hypercoyoteMar 20, 2023 5:37 PM
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Quote from Klipsch :
Saw this while checking out

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Proposition 65 Warning for California Consumers

WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
Will wait and see if Costco will have CyberPower again on sale.
Bruh, EVERYTHING has that. Batteries have lead, that's why it's on there.
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California-BoyMar 20, 2023 5:40 PM
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Quote from hypercoyote :
Bruh, EVERYTHING has that. Batteries have lead, that's why it's on there.
Ah.. Ok.. I see that warning for CyberPower one as well. Frown
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hypercoyoteMar 20, 2023 5:47 PM
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Ah.. Ok.. I see that warning for CyberPower one as well. Frown
Tbh you're as fine handling it as anything else so long as you don't rupture the battery by stabbing it with a screwdriver. Wear gloves if you're still concerned but literally people put that on everything to cover their tails for that California law since these products are all sold there too.

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Leader2lightMar 20, 2023 5:49 PM
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Quote from Jesse :
The sine wave thing is marketing BS at the consumer level. None of us really need it, and not having it will never hurt any PC or networking hardware we own. Besides, our hardware goes obsolete and gets trashed years before overpaying for sine wave UPSs would ever have an impact.

I have a few of this exact UPS, with servers, gaming PCs, networking hardware, and plenty more on them. Zero problems, zero need for silly sine wave undercoating. There's no reason to hold out for something that costs more and delivers absolutely no additional value, just get this.
Well said, so sick of hearing about sine wave. Unless you running some 70s audio equipment or specialized tech, it makes zero difference.

And doesn't matter at all for 99.99% of the time when the unit is running off utility power anyway.
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