Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:55:47 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: UPS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411281050450.86712@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5478B46C.10903@bluerosetech.com> References: <CAHieY7QGp2ELF-R91eu=vSrPsimVmVNJQ4kfucQ56PR7EEZmig@mail.gmail.com> <m57qdq$did$1@ger.gmane.org> <54777AB1.9010800@bluerosetech.com> <m581p1$65m$1@ger.gmane.org> <54779629.302@bluerosetech.com> <54789AF3.7090100@yahoo.com> <5478B46C.10903@bluerosetech.com>
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > On 11/28/2014 7:55 AM, Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions wrote: >>> A 750VA or 1000VA SmartUPS can be had for around $250, and every now >>> and the big box stores and Walmart carry them for around $300. Not >>> too bad considering what you get. >> >> Again, these UPSes are not double sine wave, they are stepped. > > You're confusing the SmartUPS SC series with real SmartUPS. We can blame APC > for co-opting their own brand. The SmartUPS SC series is just rebadged > BackUPS units. Yes. Although there are older small SmartUPS units, 450 or 500 VA, that are stepped. I'd still take a stepped-output UPS rather than have no UPS at all.
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