Re: seeking recommendation: UPS for Freebsd

 Hi,
Well, years of getting their quality up, CyberPower has my attention.  
More than anything you don't want a simulated sine wave.  You want a real sine wave.
You want direct draw off the batteries at all time.  An AC -> DC switch is "Bad".  The 'burst' can cause life-loss or total failure of components.
I've had my server on a 1500A unit for over 5 years and did a recent drain and recharge.  It came right back to telling me I had 22 minutes of reserve power.  (Which is how long it told me on discharge and I stopped it 21 minutes.
So, just upgraded my server.  Got the latest unit again for my server/Desktop and I passed the old UPS onto the son's workstation.
Everything continues to work, but I'll take a closer look in 2 years.
Paul
    On Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 03:57:34 PM PDT, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:  
 
 
Hello:
    I have an older APC UPS (BackUPS RS 1500) that after years of
excellent service _may_ need to be replaced.
    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.)
    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.
    And - of course - works with software running on FreeGSD.  (I use
apcupsd, and have seen nut used elsewhere.)


            Respectfully,


                Robert Huff