Re: UPS wars: APC vs Tripplite?
If you want to use your own batteries, you may want to look into products
from Trace Engineering at http://www.traceengineering.com . The make all
sine wave inverters for the renewable energy community.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaye Inabnit ke6sls" <ke6sls@arrl.net>
To: "Ron Farrer" <rbf@farrer.net>
Cc: "Debian User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: UPS wars: APC vs Tripplite?
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> I tried them both. I was happier with Triplite... Tho, it too was
returned. I
> need to leave my box here, some times for days unattended. I have a huge
> set of backup batteries that I run all my radio gear from.. I decided
there
> had to be a product that would use MY batteries and not some little
dinkster
> battery that will die in 30 minutes.
>
> So far tho, I haven't found a solution other then using a "modified
sinewave"
> which can get pretty noisy. For true sine wave, I did find a product for
the
> "off grid" folks with a fairly fast optional relay. Tho, they haven't
replied
> to my tech request.
>
> Best of luck to you.
>
> regards
>
>
> On Thu, 18 May 2000, Ron Farrer wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been thinking about getting a new UPS. Previously I purchased APC
> > products, but I want to hear about other experiences. I've pretty much
> > narrowed it down to a product from APC or Tripplite. APC is more
> > expensive, less Linux/UNIX friendly, but makes good products (IMHO).
> > Tripplite is less expensive, more Linux/UNIX friendly, but I'm not sure
> > how the quality of their product compares to APC.
> >
> > Does anyone know of some sort of comparison between these two companies
> > products? I'm interested in features/quality more then price.
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Ron
> > --
> > Email: <mailto:rbf@farrer.net>
> > Home: <http://www.farrer.net/~rbf/>
> >
> > Alpha Linux Organization: <http://www.alphalinux.org>
> > Bellingham Linux Users Group: <http://www.blug.org>
> >
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