John R Pierce wrote:
> On 9/30/2014 10:28 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>> And APC is the best in my experience. (Of course, there will be a couple
>> of brands with hardware on the same level...)
>
> actually, I'd take an Eaton Powerware (formerly Best Power) over a APC
> any day.
>
> APC BackUPS grade stuff is strictly cheap consumer gear, I've had dozens
> of them fail over the years, all different BU models, the battery fails,
> you put a new battery in and the UPS still won't work. They
> consistently overcharge the batteries so they die in 2-3 years, when
> they should last 5+.
>
> The APC SmartUPS stuff is significantly better, but also a lot more
> expensive.
I think I may have an Eaton, or Compupower, at home. I think most of the
consumer-grade ones are similar.
The SmartUPS are... but then, overwhelmingly, mine are rackmount. I have
mentioned here, before, though, that at least with the SmartUPS, you can
easily, and far less expensively, buy replacement batteries, but they
*MUST* be HR (high rate) batteries; anything else, and the SmartUPS don't
believe they've been replaced correctly.
Isn't even a price difference - it's just for a different market, and most
of the vendors, nor the OEM's reps I've spoken to, know *anything* about
this.
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