UPS question

[daphatgrant]

I'm not quite sure where to put this so here it goes.

At work we have a generator that does a test run every Monday morning for an hour. Building power goes from normal street power? to generator power, runs for an hour, then switches from generator power back to street power.

At work we just bought a 50" Samsung Plasma (LN50B650) and in the future will be adding a blu ray player. Right now we also have a HD cable box and a VCR. I should point out again that we never lose power for more than a half a second every Monday morning so what I am really concerned about is the quick power fluctuation.

So... what do you recommend for a UPS? I like the price of this but I'm not sure if it is right for the application. I do like the cable line in and out though.

 

[asyork]

As long as the maximum wattage of your equipment is below the maximum wattage of the UPS, you should be fine. I'd suggest not using the cable line on it though. You will always lose quality with each new connection on a cable, UPSes are notorious for not handling things like that well, and it probably isn't rated for HD.

 

[keenan]

Should do the job, UPSs are designed to ride through this sort of disturbance, it's by far the most common type of power failure with line power too, at least where I live. A < 5s outage while they switch equipment to backups or whatever it is that they do, and all my UPSes I've had handle it fine. Most PCs will actually stay up for a half second or so with no power, though it's not the best idea.

Your office would be well advised to install a battery room and office-wide UPS for computer equipment, or put UPSs at each computer. The weekly transfers aren't really good for equipment, and there's likely a voltage spike involved as they happen. Not really good, and can contribute to premature failure, lost work as people reboot every Monday etc.

 

[daphatgrant]

I ended up going with the APC BE750G which can handle more wattage, thanks for the input .

 

[drescherjm]

I would not waste my time with any of these bottom of the barrel models.

This is what I would get for that type of equipment in a work environment.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...02051&cm_re=cyberpower-_-42-102-051-_-Product

 

[gregnash]

I would not waste my time with any of these bottom of the barrel models. APC BE750G

This is what I would get for that type of equipment in a work environment.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...02051&cm_re=cyberpower-_-42-102-051-_-Product

Mind explaining why you consider that as "bottom of the barrel?" I am in the same situation and in a house now that I plan to be in for a long time and plan to upgrade with a wired network within the next year. To me that system seems like a bit of overkill at twice the price of what he was getting. I am looking at getting this one only because I have multiple things that I would be plugging into it (cpu, monitor x2, printer, scanner, backup nas, etc).

Also, on the ones that offer networking capability do they seem to degrade the signal at all? I plan to wire a GigE network into my house and will have multiple plugs in certain areas (like the livingroom that has a 360, Tivo, Wii, PS3). I had planned on doing a single line connection from the wall to a GigE switch that would handle all those items including this (with the GigE switch being able to load balance).