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expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Mar 20, 2023
Mar 20, 2023 10:07 AM
10-Outlet APC BX1500M 1500 VA / 900W Battery Back-UPS
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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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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.
. When replacing batteries, replace with the same number of the following battery: CyberPower / RB1270X2C for the CST135UC and CyberPower / RB1290X2 for the CST150UC.
Is there change in the market for Solar generators to act as UPS now?
In extended power outage I hook up my UPS to my Solar generators to keep it going a bit longer.
Also the portable generators are great to hook up to garage openers during power loss.
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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.
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/...re_hazard/
I have one of those - and am super scared it'll spark something in my data closet.
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.
Thanks for this. I did some more digging after reading this comment and found a few articles stating the same. I'm going to use it on a pretty power hungry rendering machine with a 4090 7950x and 1200w power supply so I didn't want to make a bad choice.
I just ended up getting this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/...re_hazard/ [reddit.com]
I have one of those - and am super scared it'll spark something in my data closet.
I've had one of these in service since 2016 and it's been a total champ.
I should probably replace the battery in it sometime soon though.
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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.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NJ3H0C/
Another good place to check is BatterySharks.com:
https://www.batteryshar
But they're saying a 12V 7.5Ah F2 battery is what you should have, and in my XS 1500 (and regular 1500) I've always gotten 12V 9Ah F2 -- sometimes there's a tighter fit, so if you're really concerned, pull out the batteries and measure them to compare. But I've only had that with the larger, flatter ES 750VA models.
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