yotta

I picked up 3 belkin UPSs at home depot for $25 each, that I'm using.

cub4life78

I don't have one at the moment but probably should get one. And what's with all the polls?

yotta

I'm bored. ;-)

ToiletDuck

Yeah, i have a APC 450. Saved my stuff lastnight after a nasty storm rolled through and i wasnt home.

termnl

Wouldnt be ifone hadnt "burnt up" at work.

2 min inspection + solder = UPS for me

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I believe that my UPS was built in 1991. They just don't build them like they used to. It still manages to get me around 20 minutes of power

Then it might also have something to do with it being a fairly large ICL (anyone ever encounter them before they were taken over by (I believe) Fujitsu?) UPS, connected to just about the largest single processor 486 in existance (I only keep that part because it looks impressive, and it works as a nice thermometer).

I think I picked it all up for about $AU20 a few years back.

edit:
If anyone is interested, I found I have an image of my ups setup, it definately gives an idea as to the physical size of it all

I hope that works.

-=BT=-

Yeah I've got a Chloride "Cool Power" UPS. 1200VA - does the job

darkure

Dave- that is quite an impressive set up.

I myself have a APC 350 which came in handy several weeks ago when a tree fell on the power line.

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Roark

I live on the edge of town so the power is always going out then coming back on for no reason. I've got something similar for the entertainment system as well. I've got too much money invested in all this stuff not to take a little care in protecting it from surges etc..

yodapaul

I've got 2 of them for my desktop and its accessories.

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silenced

if I got one, it wouldn't be for my primary pc, it would be my linux box

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Binder

notebooks are all on surge strips, but the rest each have an apc 500. i also have an apc 350 for just the router, firewall, and switch.
they are worth every dime i paid for them.

Fallon

Nah, I haven't found a cheap one, and I haven't really looked around much for one to buy one.

charliex

couple of apc 500s for the computers routers, then the little apc powerstrip mini battery backups for tivo and tv etc
they are pretty cheap ifyou get the refurbed units and sometimes office depot gets rid of em i've seen cheaper ones at $40
i decided it was better to get a few smaller ups's then get one large one, mainly because its more fault tolerant and the batteries are hella expensive to replace on the bigger ones.

chodarama

A Back-UPS PRO 1100 and a Back-UPS 300

The_Dude

i dont think i need one, just a simple surge protector works.

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merkerguitars

I always use one....nothing is nice as goood clean ac voltage. I can't the wiring at my piece of shit apartment.

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nope, too cheap to buy one. not enough important work

BoCo

I have an APC model (can't remember which model number). It was on sale at Circuit City from $100 to $70, so I got it. It says it should give me around 80 minutes battery time, but I doubt I'll get that much. Still, it's a nice thing to have to keep surges from your PC, and you can set it up so it shuts down automatically with a certain amount of battery time left.

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I have a refurbished APC I picked up cheap for $50, plus a power control center to protect all my other components.

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juanvaldes

APC 725. Had it's first use last night but I missed it

Apparently some dude was out in a storm with a chainsaw and decided to cut down a powerpoll.

Stargazer01

My Servers are backed up by 2 APC 2200s
every desktop has either a TrippLite 1000 or APC 1400 on it, the laptops have Belkin 500s. I live in a house thats 80yrs old, the wiring is still copper and post (yes it needs to be redone!) but heh atleast the computers are safe. I'll be picking up a Honda generator this summer thats ~15KW that will auto start as soon as the power goes out, so i have less than 45seconds downtime if any. Should kick ass!

wg2000

Yes, and a bigger one on the server, an older one on the router/DSL modem, and a medium-sized one in the living room for XBox/PS/VCR.

wg2000

Oh, and just in case anyone in here hasn't read the instruction sheets that come with UPSs :-), NEVER plug a laser printer or TV or anything that draws a lot of power at once into a UPS. It's likely to kill your battery permanatly if you leave it on there too long.

Also, some devices don't react well to the sawtooth wave output of a UPS. Most electronics are fine, as is anything that uses an AC-DC power brick. Things that run motors off straight AC are the most likely to be affected.

rubicon

I used to.

My new residence doesn't have grounded wiring (built in 1947 and the owner never upgraded, odd) so I'm waiting to get my home office circuits grounded this week. Back to the UPS then.

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Zotz

I use a Belkin F6C500. I thought I was being a bit extravagant when I first bought it, but it has saved my system several times over the past year and a half.