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    ... I love my UPS

    When I moved in to my new place, over a year ago now....

    ... my power kept falling over - weekly. I guess this is what happens when you live in a 200 year old place in the countryside.

    So, I picked up a UPS and run my PC via it - this morning, the power has tripped twice - and the only reason I could tell was the main light went out and the UPS kicked in - and I carried on posting.

    Worth every penny for just the saviour of that frustration

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    I hate UPS, oh you mean, ahh now I get you

    Well if you will be rich and live in the countryside

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    Good question - I used to have a cable which plugged in to it via my USB port but I dont have it in now.

    I suspect I get about 20 mins out of it - but thats long enough - they are power dips not power outs

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    UPS rock. Just wait to hear the giant relay click and then sit back in your comfy leather chair safe in the knowledge that not even GOD can take your power away from you

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    dont they all provide lots of noise?

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    Mine is silent.... when it clicks in a fan run but no louder than a normal system...

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    A UPS is essentially a big lead acid battery so the smaller ones are pretty quiet - the big 'old ones arn't that loud as its usually just a cooling fan for the charge circuit.

    I get mine of an ebay seller - they are usually with new batteries so effectivly as new

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    We've had three power outages here in the last 24 hours... only blips on and off, but incredibly, incredibly annoying when you're in the middle of laying a page up...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Butuz
    UPS rock. Just wait to hear the giant relay click and then sit back in your comfy leather chair safe in the knowledge that not even GOD can take your power away from you

    Butuz
    Unless GOD decides to play silly buggers and kills the batteries inside said UPS...


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    I have 3 here at work, and they are SUPERB. One floorstanding that takes care of two servers, 1 rackmount that looks after 3 and a BackUPS that looks after a rendering box that's on 24/7. I couldn't begin to calculate the grief that they've saved me.

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