Re: What's the life expectancy of UPS ?

Replacing the unit instead of the battery is not just cheaper, but
it is necessary if the the unit fails and not the battery. My
Tripp-Lite, the unit not the battery, failed after about two years.
I keep backups and I don't have critical data from minute to minute,
so I bought an AC line conditioner instead of a battery backup to
replace it. Hopefully it will last a long time. Is a line
conditioner really necessary, I don't know, but I'm sure the line
conditioning circuit is better than whatever was included with my
Tripp-Lite battery backup. In any case, no more messing around with
a battery. I've heard the line conditioner switch kick into action
only one time so far, but apparently it's doing what I wanted it to
do because my computer does not spontaneously restart/reboot from
time to time anymore.


"Jim" <null@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A good one, such as that from APC, is probably good for 3-4 yrs.
> However, I recently had an old APC unit purchased about 1997 that
> just died a couple months ago! So sometimes you get lucky. And
> yes, it's usually a lot cheaper to simply replace the unit than
> just the battery.
>
> Jim
>
>
> "jaster" <jaster@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:g3tbf.5415$Y61.1621@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Any real world experiences with UPS supplies?
>>
>> I've been using the CyberPower series a 320sl and a 575sl but
>> they seem to fail within 2yrs without much warning. Anyone know
>> if that's the normal lifespan for UPS devices? At $30 I've been
>> replacing them instead of looking for replacement batteries.
>>
>> TIA
>
>
>

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