On 1/28/24 13:55, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi, Thanks, this is very useful. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:58:08PM +0100, hw wrote:However, stay away from their cheap models as seen on this[1] picture (Back UPS). They work and you can replace the batteries yourself even though you're not supposed to. It's a minimum basic device. It may be on ok option if you're on a budget. Their batteries last about 3 years.So, I must admit, I am quite tempted by BX1600MI which would cost me about £183. The equivalent spec in the Pro range is more than twice this price. Although the battery is not strictly user-replaceable, I watched some videos on the task and it seems pretty easily doable. Something for me to think on. Thanks, Andy
I'm a fan of APC, but the consumer versions. and I don't worry about batteries until they won't last the 6 or 7 seconds it takes to spin up the 20kw kohler in the back yard. My now deceased wife was on an oxy concentrator the last 15 years of her life, and a power failure of 20 minutes might have finished her, so I bought a standby just a few months before the direcho that took power down for 3 days in June 2010. Very handy since.
I have an APC-1600 that been begging for a battery for a couple years, Still works fine for those few seconds.
Take care, stay well, Andy. Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis