Any difference between RCT 2000VA and Mecer 2000VA Line Interactive UPS

SauRoNZA said:
On the RCT or the Mecer?

My old UPS has shot batteries and doesn't support USB (to turn the bloody alarm off) so I figured I might as well buy a new one.

All I want to run on it is 2 x Routers + HP Microserver and possibly a long LED strip light in the future.

So if a 55-inch TV runs for 2 hours I should be good to go.
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Mercer One
The routers won't be too taxing - not sure about the Microserver.
On you old UPS don't get rid of it - open it up find the buzzer put a drop or 2 of super glue in it (Don't yank it out as some UPS won't work without it) - and seal it with a nice thick blob of Prestick - should quiet the Buzzer down. And get a new set of Batteries.
Help spread the load so one UPS isn't too taxed.
I kept my old 300W UPS just put a 9AH battery in (instead of the 7Ah one it came almost the same size so fitted no problem) with runs my ADSL Router for about 4 hours, with the prestick and glue So alarm still on but very soft compared to what it was. If i buy another UPS that old one is going in the garage going to try it out to keep the Garage motor running during load shedding.
 
Just push a nail into the buzzer hole and push it around a bit. The buzzer cap will pop off and the buzzer will be permanently silenced.
 
Has anyone got the software for the RCT 2000 UPS?
I lost my cd and have to do a new install
 
Hi guys, got the mecer one and installed the software. It worked for a day and now the software says it cannot connect to the USB (it ends up in an endless connect, reconnect cycle). Connected via USB and did work for a day. I googled the issue and couldn't find anything. Anyone had a similar issue?
 
There are so many threads so I don't know which one is more relevant, but maybe this helps somebody.

Bought one of these Mecer 2000va UPS's and today was it's first real world test. Load shedding started at 12:00 (when exactly it went off I cannot tell you) and when I got home close to 16:00 it was still running (went off at 15:55).

So it powered my ONT and router only for about 4 hours. There was loss on the fibre line the whole time so not sure if that affected anything.

Quite impressive, let's hope it lasts.
 
Hamster said:
There are so many threads so I don't know which one is more relevant, but maybe this helps somebody.

Bought one of these Mecer 2000va UPS's and today was it's first real world test. Load shedding started at 12:00 (when exactly it went off I cannot tell you) and when I got home close to 16:00 it was still running (went off at 15:55).

So it powered my ONT and router only for about 4 hours. There was loss on the fibre line the whole time so not sure if that affected anything.

Quite impressive, let's hope it lasts.
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Thanks for that, I have also read so many threads but still can't make up my mind what to get.

What do you mean with "There was loss on the fibre line the whole time"? Did your fibre line go down? So, the ONT and router was on but no data was coming through?
 
Hamster said:
There are so many threads so I don't know which one is more relevant, but maybe this helps somebody.

Bought one of these Mecer 2000va UPS's and today was it's first real world test. Load shedding started at 12:00 (when exactly it went off I cannot tell you) and when I got home close to 16:00 it was still running (went off at 15:55).

So it powered my ONT and router only for about 4 hours. There was loss on the fibre line the whole time so not sure if that affected anything.

Quite impressive, let's hope it lasts.
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Where did you get that from?
 
SwaarMetaal said:
What do you mean with "There was loss on the fibre line the whole time"? Did your fibre line go down? So, the ONT and router was on but no data was coming through?
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Yeah, the red LED signalling LOSS on the ONT was flashing. Did it again this morning which seems to indicate that there is some kind of relaying thingy on the same loadshedding schedule as us :/

End of the day, the only real loadshedding proof setup I've ever had was a MiFi/powerbank that could give me 3G for a couple of hours, a tablet and battery powered WD wifi/HD for streaming.

Honestly, I think it is easier to just go to monte, grab a sammich and watch a movie (or get drunk)
 
Hamster said:
Yeah, the red LED signalling LOSS on the ONT was flashing. Did it again this morning which seems to indicate that there is some kind of relaying thingy on the same loadshedding schedule as us :/

End of the day, the only real loadshedding proof setup I've ever had was a MiFi/powerbank that could give me 3G for a couple of hours, a tablet and battery powered WD wifi/HD for streaming.

Honestly, I think it is easier to just go to monte, grab a sammich and watch a movie (or get drunk)
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Hahaha, I hear you!
 
Hamster said:
There are so many threads so I don't know which one is more relevant, but maybe this helps somebody.

Bought one of these Mecer 2000va UPS's and today was it's first real world test. Load shedding started at 12:00 (when exactly it went off I cannot tell you) and when I got home close to 16:00 it was still running (went off at 15:55).

So it powered my ONT and router only for about 4 hours. There was loss on the fibre line the whole time so not sure if that affected anything.

Quite impressive, let's hope it lasts.
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Still powers them for four hours (almost exactly) which leads me to believe the batteries etc are still ok.

Just a shame that loadshedding in our neck of the woods indicate frequency and not time. It's always 4h 30min. So the batteries always run out (software controlled?) and we're always 30min without interwebs.
 
Hamster said:
Still powers them for four hours (almost exactly) which leads me to believe the batteries etc are still ok.

Just a shame that loadshedding in our neck of the woods indicate frequency and not time. It's always 4h 30min. So the batteries always run out (software controlled?) and we're always 30min without interwebs.
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Load shedding stages has always indicated frequency? Never Time.

Its only us "lucky " COJ residents that get the 4h30 minutes blocks the rest of the country 2h30 minutes.
 
And if it is not less frequent don't tell me because I'm depressed enough.
 
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