Re: What's the life expectancy of UPS ?
- From: jaster <jaster@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:32:55 GMT
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:46:05 +0000, John Doe thoughtfully wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Thanks. A line conditioner may help but I get power outs 4-5 times
a year sometimes just for <1 min but I expect an outage every
thunderstorm which might last hours. The battery backup keeps the
PCs live for 5-10min then shutdown.
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