Power Surge Protection

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:15:56AM -0400, B Arquette wrote:
> Okay if you want to go cheap, I really don't recommend this but it has
> worked for me for the last 3 years you can buy an used UPS at a
> surplus shops.  I bought 2 APC UPS for about 45 dollars at Above All
> on Bloor back in early 2001 and since then even with the really bad
> power flux in my apt building I have had no trouble at all.  Now you
> are buying "used" and you can't spell abused without u-s-e-d, however
> if your really pinching pennies.

Batteries in APCs in my experience tend to last 2 to 4 years.  So used
tends to mean: expect to buy a new battery soon.

Lennart Sorensen
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