expiredphoinix | Staff posted Apr 27, 2026 06:31 AM
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expiredphoinix | Staff posted Apr 27, 2026 06:31 AM
$179.99 | CyberPower 1500VA/1000W PFC Sinewave UPS System (Certified Refurbished) at Woot!
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Mine is 1175VA 660watt from samsclub
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I recommend check your local FB marketplace or offerup. People usually have these (previous versions) for sale on there for cheap. It shows the batter % on the screen, so you can just ask them to charge it to 100% and unplug it and if it stays at 100%, then it's good.
The refurbished EcoFlows are currently at a lower price than this on Ebay, and my thinking is, plugged into a cheap surge protector, I'll still get the basic UPS features with much longer backup time (hours instead of minutes) and longer expiration dates of batteries, up to 4 or 5 longer than a typical UPS lead battery.
Question for the experts here..... what am I not getting? Are there factors I am not considering? I have more backup need in the future and just trying these EcoFlows to see if this is the solution we will go for the rest of the equipment as the traditional UPS batteries expire.
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The CST1500SUC on woot is $159.99
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The refurbished EcoFlows are currently at a lower price than this on Ebay, and my thinking is, plugged into a cheap surge protector, I'll still get the basic UPS features with much longer backup time (hours instead of minutes) and longer expiration dates of batteries, up to 4 or 5 longer than a typical UPS lead battery.
Question for the experts here..... what am I not getting? Are there factors I am not considering? I have more backup need in the future and just trying these EcoFlows to see if this is the solution we will go for the rest of the equipment as the traditional UPS batteries expire.
My experience is merely reading A LOT on the subject and I'm left believing the two main and most important differences between power stations and UPS's are 1) power conditioning dealing with over and under voltages, dirty power and surge protection (as you mentioned) and 2) communication via USB so when the power fails the computer or NAS, etc can communicate with the power station to know if and when to safely power down so when the battery dies the computer or NAS doesn't suddenly lose power as if the plug was pulled out of the wall. I thought I once read someone mention a particular model of power station has a USB port for communicating however there were issues because computers today have the drivers or ability to communicate built in compatible with APC and Cyberpower, etc, but not power stations.
My experience is merely reading A LOT on the subject and I'm left believing the two main and most important differences between power stations and UPS's are 1) power conditioning dealing with over and under voltages, dirty power and surge protection (as you mentioned) and 2) communication via USB so when the power fails the computer or NAS, etc can communicate with the power station to know if and when to safely power down so when the battery dies the computer or NAS doesn't suddenly lose power as if the plug was pulled out of the wall. I thought I once read someone mention a particular model of power station has a USB port for communicating however there were issues because computers today have the drivers or ability to communicate built in compatible with APC and Cyberpower, etc, but not power stations.
The UPS is a small old one, but has a USB port to notify my NAS. So when power is off, my NAS will get notified and gracefully shutdown, and can automatically back online when power is resumed.
The rest equip, like modem/router, POE switch, are backed by power station. They can stay on until power station is out.
The UPS is a small old one, but has a USB port to notify my NAS. So when power is off, my NAS will get notified and gracefully shutdown, and can automatically back online when power is resumed.
The rest equip, like modem/router, POE switch, are backed by power station. They can stay on until power station is out.
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