Any suggestions, please?

[Christopher Chan]

Rashkae wrote:
> Christopher Chan wrote:
> 
>> Too bad the old, flaky and dangerous electrical wiring/installation 
>> where I work still fries both the UPS and the boxes connected to it. 
>> Okay, not fry, but the UPS' battery life was sure cut in half a few 
>> times and the new UPS still cannot protect the boxes when there is a 
>> momentary split second blackout.
>>
> 
> 
> If you have flaky power, then you want to make sure the UPS you buy is 
> at minimum "Line Interactive".. or at best "On-Line"..   The Line 
> Interactive UPS will be able to boost/reduce voltage if it dips or 
> spikes.  The "On-Line" UPS will always filter power through the battery, 
> and will therefore be able to handle any power situation without any 
> switchover time (though Battery life will be short, and they are 
> expensive).  You probably have an "Off-Line" UPS, which can only deal 
> with voltage irregularities by switching to Battery, which will reduce 
> the battery life *and* incurs a delay during the switch which provides 
> no power to the PC.
> 
> Any UPS unit will have a power switching delay (in milliseconds).  I 
> forget what is generally considered acceptable, but it's worth examining 
> that from the specs of your current UPS and compare to any future 
> purchase.  A better quality Power Supply on the PC should better handle 
> this flux period without causing Mobo to power down / reboot.
> 
> 

Hmm, so this guy don't cut it then...I have two APC Smart UPS 3000VA and 
the one on the problem circuit just cannot take it.

http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA3000I&tab=features&total_watts=50

I'll look into a Smart UPS Online model for the next purchase then. 
Thanks Rashkae.

See, this is what a community list is good for. Technical support only 
lists are just extra rules/restrictions asking for trouble.