• Rhaedas
    8•4 months ago

    I can’t figure out why that one is more expensive, the 1500 seems to me the better one at minimum because of more outlets, more output, and it puts out a true sine wave power. I just got a comparable model at Best Buy for about the same price. (Also got a smaller backup to put the modem/router on). Either way, Cyberpower looks to be the best manufacturer to go with, APC has a lot of negative reviews compared to them. I used to have a APC long ago that did fine, but that was then.

    • @TheGoldenGod@lemmy.worldOP
      7•4 months ago

      Leaning towards the 1500 myself, but I don’t know much about simulated vs pure sine. The 1500 is $170 and the simulated one is $109. Which is a lot, but I don’t want to end up sorry lol. 🤔

      • Rhaedas
        2•4 months ago

        Mainly just depends on how sensitive you think your equipment may be to the variations, and of course how often you think you’re getting brownouts. Plus a bit more features. For $170 that seems to be a great deal.

          • Rhaedas
            2•4 months ago

            Then I’d opt for the better one, because you don’t see all brownouts, only the ones that are long enough to affect lights and more sensitive devices. I have one touch light that would go out when everything else would be fine. So you most likely have very “dirty” power, at least in the room you see this going on.

            I’ll also add that since putting my UPSs in, occasionally I’ll have them click. It’s not registering as anything on the software monitor, nothing I can see via lights, but I’m sure it’s breaker or whatever they use to step in and keep things clean.

            • @TheGoldenGod@lemmy.worldOP
              6•4 months ago

              They usually aren’t common, but started this year during the summer in SoCal. Likely due to Southern California Edison, but most the locals are peeved. I just want at least some assurance I can have a minute or two, so I can power down.

              • Rhaedas
                2•4 months ago

                Mine claims about 25 mins to power down with a resting pull of 240 watts, 15 mins while using GPU for SD or AI stuff (400 watts). The key importance in my mind though isn’t the time to shut down, but how long term dirty power will cause failure in your components. I learned this the hard way back in the C-64 days where I went through 3 of them (Circuit City warranty covered them) before I got a very crude version of a UPS to stop killing the poor computer with ups and downs in power surges.