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Computer battery backup recs

Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:57 pm
Posted by CWS91
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
1223 posts
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:57 pm
Any recommendations for a battery backup for my computer?

I'm just looking for something that will keep the computer on during a power outage long enough to save any work and power down/prevent frying the hard drive.
Posted by BabySam
FL
Member since Oct 2010
1601 posts
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:50 pm to
i bought 2 that were on slickdeals in the last week or two....i have one for each bedroom, the living room, and IT equipment area...i usually go with APC or CyberPower. Is it going to be for single PC and monitors? if so then a 400-450VA one will be fine. Depends on how much you feel like spending.

600VA in AMazon for $62
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
8286 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 12:17 am to
Our whole building is filled with these and I am pretty amazed with the failure rate on them..

Every time we have a power outage someone is telling me theirs no longer works
Posted by BabySam
FL
Member since Oct 2010
1601 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 9:42 am to
Interesting....do you know how long they’ve been in service? In previous IT ops positions we budgeted for replacing UPSs every 3yrs, so planned for doing 1/3 of them every year.

And OP is using for home...
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 9:44 am
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
8286 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 2:24 pm to
quote:

do you know how long they’ve been in service?


hard to say.. probably longer than I think
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