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Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies

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On 04/24/2012 11:05 AM, BillW50 wrote:
> I was a huge fan of uninterruptible power supplies since the beginning
> (even for laptop use). Besides the computer, you can power lots of other
> things. A small lamp, cordless phones, DSL modem, alarm clock, etc. All
> great of course. And I have gone through a number of UPS over the years.
> Generally the battery fails after 3 to 5 years. And the batteries
> generally run in the 25 to 35 buck range and they are heavy to pay for
> shipping. And if you wait for a sale on UPS, you could get one for about
> the same price as getting a new battery for an old one. So just get a
> new one.
>
> Well my CyberPower 685AVR UPS battery just died recently. I tried to
> disassemble it and all of the parts fit into slots between the two
> halves. And trying to take it apart, some are staying in one half and
> some in the other half. To get it apart, all of it has to stay in one
> half. But not as easy as it seems. And I have better things to do then
> to fiddle with this thing all day.
>
> I checked online and I thought I only paid about 50 bucks for this one
> on sale. But nothing comes close to this one under 100 bucks. Sure I
> could afford it, but that isn't the point. Why do I need one again?
>
> Being a fan of laptops since my first one back in '84, I am also a big
> fan of leaving the battery out (especially Li-Ion batteries). As the
> heat and repeated charging only shortens the life of the battery even
> far more than just throwing the battery in a drawer and just using it
> when you really need portable power.
>
> This all made a lot of sense to me all of these years. Although I now
> have five netbook batteries for three notebooks. Nine Gateway batteries
> for nine Gateway machines. And five Alienware batteries for five
> Alienware machines. That is 19 batteries of only three different battery
> types. And I have plenty of them nowadays. And only like three of them
> have less than 95% of their rated capacity. Plus chemically, they will
> become paperweights in about 10 years anyway no matter how well you take
> care of them.
>
> So I figure why not use some of them as an UPS instead? So what if one
> wears out in two or three years? I can't possibly wear them all out
> before they all will be so old to be any good anyway.
>



You really need to get a good quality UPS if you want it to last.
I have four commercial grade UPS's and they have been working 
trouble-free for years...but you are right concerning the batteries.
The small gel-cells rarely last more than 4 or 5 years...


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I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-24 11:05 -0500
  Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-04-24 15:19 -0500
    Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-24 16:00 -0500
      Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-24 17:04 -0500
      Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2012-04-24 18:19 -0500
        Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-25 18:48 -0500
          Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-04-25 19:15 -0700
            Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-26 11:45 -0500
              Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-04-28 01:57 -0500
                Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-28 12:19 -0500
            Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-04-28 01:47 -0500
  Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2012-04-24 15:45 -0500
    Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-24 16:23 -0500
      Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2012-04-24 19:51 -0400
        Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-26 11:39 -0500
  Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies "RJK" <nosuch@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-16 23:02 +0100
    Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-05-16 20:03 -0700
    Re: I'm losing faith in uninterruptible power supplies Roland Mösl <founder@pge.org> - 2012-05-17 08:34 +0200

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