recommendations for UPS purchase?

[Dee Dee Sommers]

Thank you, Scot!
Good information.

Dee Dee

> On Aug 13, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Scot <xtension at gunsmoke.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:58:21 -0400, Dee Dee Sommers wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone have recommendations for UPS units?
> 
> I've been having issues with voltage sags ever since a solar 
> power/battery backup system was installed here, and so far, the 
> contractor hasn't been very cooperative in remedying the problem. I've 
> had to install multiple UPS units to protect various appliances and 
> electronics from these artificial brown outs. I read reviews at Amazon 
> until my eyes teared, and only learned that Amazon doesn't sell a good 
> UPS. Either the battery craps out early, or something in the 
> electronics gives up, and you're lucky to get a few years out of any of 
> them. 
> 
> I ended up buying the following through:
> APC UPS BE600M1 - $59.87
> Asurion 3 year warranty for APC UPS $7.99
> 
> If the battery dies after three years and the rest of the unit still 
> works, I plan to hack them to use a standard marine deep cycle battery 
> that will cost about as much as replacing the UPS and will provide a 
> much longer backup time.
> 
> I've also gone to using MacBook Pro laptops for all of my computing, 
> including XTension. The built in UPS (battery) and power conditioning 
> has made them pretty much immune to the power fluctuations. It was a 
> PITA finding the adapters to run a big monitor and various USB 
> components, but there's plenty of advise in the XTension archives on 
> workable solutions. FWIW, I gave up on power line interfaces for 
> XTension and changed most of my home automation over to HomeKit based 
> hardware. The HomeKit extension James put together works well for the 
> things HomeKit can't do, such as monitoring the Internet connection, 
> and the power line.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Scot
> Yankee Hill, California
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