From nobody Sun Apr 09 03:35:31 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PvHn62bVgz43VmQ for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2023 03:35:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (static-71-163-255-121.washdc.fios.verizon.net [71.163.255.121]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail", Issuer "mail" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4PvHn574djz3Ktk for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2023 03:35:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from tripel.monochrome.org (tripel.monochrome.org [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 3393ZVQe044904; Sat, 8 Apr 2023 23:35:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 23:35:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Robert Huff cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeking recommendation: UPS for Freebsd In-Reply-To: <25649.61743.236383.879770@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Message-ID: References: <25649.61743.236383.879770@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4PvHn574djz3Ktk X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:701, ipnet:71.163.0.0/16, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Sat, 8 Apr 2023, Robert Huff wrote: (lightly snipped) > I have an older APC UPS (BackUPS RS 1500) that after years of > excellent service _may_ need to be replaced. Do check the batteries first. The lead-acid gel cells used in UPSes don't last forever, and will need to be replaced now and then. If your UPS is 10-ish years old or more, I'd suspect the batteries first. > Is there a particular brand - or even model - that folks would > recommend for a medium-to-heavy home office environment? (This isn't > the only UPS; it's just the only one causiong problems right now.) I have two APC "Smart UPS C1500." I'm using them in just such an environment, and I've been very happy with them. I bought them because I grew weary of the consumer-grade garbage I'd been using. The APCs absolutely do not draw attention to themselves. > Budget is not unlimited, so I'm not looking for anything fancy; > just something that will (with replacement batteries) just do its job > for the next 15+ years. The 1500s were neither expensive nor cheap. Between 300 and 400 USD each if I recall. I'm not averse to paying a little extra for something that will work right and not break. I chose this model because I'd used many of them for projects at work; it's at the low end of "professional" UPSes. I can't really address longevity; I only got these maybe 6 years ago. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org