What is the best 1500VA Sine Wave UPS for a home lab?
Greetings Spiceheads, I'm looking for Sine Wave UPS recommendations for my HP Microserver Gen 8. Budget = $220 (less preferably) Note: this is for my home lab, so I don't need an Enterprise level UPS....
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Wardrobe malfunction caused by what?
I was working at my desk on just a typical day for a System Administrator, and I noticed a soft spot in my jeans, it appeared that it had gotten wet earlier in the day (no crude jokes or jocular humor...
View ArticleWhich UPS do I need for my setup?
Hi all. I'm looking for a UPS to go with my Dell Precision 5810. I know very little when it comes to power, watts, etc. and could use some help picking out one of these four variations of an APC...
View ArticleInexpensive Switched PDU Recommendations
I would like to be able to remotely control power to a small handful of devices (2-3), but I don't want to shell out $400+ for a managed PDU. These devices all have NEMA 5-15 plugs and shouldn't pull...
View ArticleSurge protector, UPS or both for best protection?
I have an APC Pro 1000 UPS and a Belkin BE112230-08 surge protector. I am not concerned with having a battery backup. What is the most efficient and safe setup? Should I only be using one and not the...
View ArticleTripplite PowerAlert SMTP EMAIL Alerts Without SNMPCARD
Anyone know if their a way to setup the SMTP email alerts without a SNMP card for the Tripplite PowerAlert since it seems most mail services like gmail uses ports 587 or 465 with TLS/SSL which...
View ArticleTripplite Alternative Monitoring Software/Email Alerts
Looking to see if their any third party alternative UPS monitoring software that does email alerts that people are using. I saw winpower manager but that one seems to not work on Win Server 2016 as it...
View ArticleShould I attempt to use this? Symmetra LX found in lot, appears unused.
Hello people!I work for an ITAD company, and as such occasionally come across some useful stuff in our warehouses. I have set up a couple Poweredge R430 and R530 systems to test ina sort of lab...
View ArticleAutomatic staggered power up after extended outage
Hey all,I'm looking for recommendations on how to setup a UPS system (single or multiple, I don't care which) that provides for a staggered power up. I'm currently using a combination of small UPS...
View ArticleReset Powechute software to default settings?
Hi all. Can someone tell me how to reset my Powerchute software install to its initial settings (time to shutdown, etc.)? I have my login credentials so that's not an issue. Hopefully it's a simple...
View ArticleDo we need a power conditioner plus a UPS?
Greetings,We are running a server room drawing under 20 amps which will probably stay that way. Unfortunately we have a lot of outages in the late summer months and the power here is not so clean, so...
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PowerChute Business Edition Logs - Did this UPS just reboot?
I need to determine why a server rebooted that is attached to an APC Smart-UPS 1500. (Or perhaps more precisely, why did the UPS stop supplying power to the server?)Email at 11:06 AM from PowerChute...
View ArticleIs there a Powerchute like application that is free
Hello, I have a server that is connected to a power strip that is connected to a UPS; we sometimes have power outages, in that case the ups power kicks in and give us 30 minutes. I want to get a...
View ArticleEaton IPP - shutdown twice?
Hello Folks, I've got whats doubtless a corner case problem. For some reason, IPP is causing one of my servers to shutdown upon power fail (good), then, when power returns, the server boots and once...
View ArticleEaton Required Firmware Upgrade
We just bought a new but old stock 9390-40 from an Eaton dealer. They shipped it up here, we installed it. Now waiting on the Eaton rep to come start it up. Since it's old, they won't provide warranty...
View ArticleLooking for a 50-60Hz ~1000VA NEMA 5-15P 120V UPS for home use
I've spent the last 3 days researching uninterruptible power supplies, I never knew they were so varied when it comes to specifications.Last week I saw a good deal on a CyberpowerCP1000PFCLCD so I...
View ArticleWhat is the main differance between these UPS's? Which one would I want?
Hi,Never really looked into UPS's before. Need one for a Network closet.Dell T4302 Switches (1 POE)1 16 port DVR POERouterLooking at these 3 UPS's and not sure what the main differences are, besides...
View ArticlePowerchute Business Edition
I have three Back-UPS NS 1500M2 FW:957.e3 .D USB FW:e3 connected via USB to my utility VM (full usb pass-through) and I can use USBTerm.exe to identify them all. Powerchute personal edition works as...
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APC Back-UPS RS-1500 Battery Replacement Problem
Hi All. I have an APC Back-UPS RS-1500. The batteries needed changing, so I purchased some generic batteries that work well with my other UPS devices from Forza, Powercomm etc over the last 3 years.I...
View ArticleAPC BR1500G and APCBX1300G switching from online to battery back and forth
Hello,I currently have 2 APC UPS devices (one BACK-UPS 1500 and one BACK-UPS 1300XS). Recently when I was testing my equipment most of the devices were powered on which I feel caused an overload and...
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