Need a UPS ? Staplease has the Cyberpower 1285VA with LCD readout for 99$ B&M

[Karaktu]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: Karaktu

Originally posted by: mplutodh1

Originally posted by: Karaktu
These are powerful enough to protect your Plasma hi-def TV.

Ya don't say? My bro has a 42" plasma and living in the PNW you never know when the power will go out cuz of a tree limb on a line or something. Think it would be enough to power his plasma? I might suggest he go get one if so.

My 50" Plasma is 480 watts. Look up his model and see how much power it draws. VA -> wattts is roughly 60% of the VA rating, so 1285 x .6 = 771 watts. Shouldn't have any problems in a brown-out.

Yeah but you'd want a generator for watching a movie during those blackouts

You're probably looking at a few minutes

That's all you'd want during a brown-out.

 

[mplutodh1]

Link to Staples no longer works... wasnt the deal through next weekend?

 

[ruffilb]

Dead?

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: mplutodh1
Link to Staples no longer works... wasnt the deal through next weekend?

It was, but it was a "special buy", which leads me to believe they got a good price on a shipment of them, and when they ran out, they were gone.

That is an awesome price for them, and the fact shipping is free on a 55lb item made the deal even hotter.

 

[Q]

OT: I feel like an idiot asking this, but I still have no clue what B&M means. Does it mean 'in store only' basically?

 

[Wiseguy69]

Brick & Mortar -> The actual physical store.

 

[CP5670]

I got one of these locally two weeks ago and it's pretty nice. Kept my computer on during three momentary outages from a storm last week, and I like how you can see the actual power draw on the unit. Now I just need to find one for my other machine.

The only slight annoyance is that the power light is somewhat bright and faces forward, so it's a little distracting in the dark. I need to find a better place to put this thing.

 

[Insane3D]

The one I got for my networking stuff is soooo overkill.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Insane3D/Network002.jpg

With my router, switch, Vonage box, and cable modem plugged in, I'm currently using 0% of capacity, and have a runtime upwards of 180 minutes..lol.

 

[mplutodh1]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
The one I got for my networking stuff is soooo overkill.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Insane3D/Network002.jpg

With my router, switch, Vonage box, and cable modem plugged in, I'm currently using 0% of capacity, and have a runtime upwards of 180 minutes..lol.

Haha! Please tell me you have a UPS for your system. "Hey honey the modem and network are online all the time! oh crap, you mean the desktop doesn't work when the power is out? doh!"

 

[Insane3D]

Yeah, the other one is on my main system, but my runtime would be terrible with a 22" CRT. If I have a power outage, I'd probably shut down my main PC, and plug my laptop into the UPS. I should get much more runtime from the lappy, and then if it's still out, I'd still have another 3 hours or so on the laptop's battery.