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Hardware Bargains - Open Thine Wallet
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WAslayer
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It's the sudden spike in current draw, when the UPS has to take over, that causes it.. to mitigate it, you need to add the load staggered.. so, when you know loadshedding is about to happen, switch some stuff off, and then switch them on staggered, once the UPS is providing the power..
I hear you but I thought it was being powered by the battery all the time with the mains trickle charging it. I may be incorrect.
I would assume that shutting down my PC and letting it restart on UPS power would draw more power than letting it continue on UPS for 5 seconds?
Can't speak for which is "better" but I've had two Seagate drives fail.
When I contacted Seagate support to claim on the warranty (3 year), they said they were absolutely happy to replace it (if it's really broken), all I would have to do is ship the drive to their head office... in Amsterdam.
The shipping costs far outweigh the cost to just buy a new HDD.
WAslayer
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You should do the warranty replacement through the retailer the drive was purchased from...
It was done through Takealot... They only offered a 1 year warranty.
Buy new drive and then claim warranty on old one...
Dan C
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Your batteries are not going to last long if you run them to 0%. UPSs are not meant to run things for a long period of time.
enerdude
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True, learnt that the hard way. Spotted some nice replacements for my ups though - these lithium ones. These are the ones you typically need for most 1/2/3 KVA ups. Bought two of them for my 2kva ups for R849 each using the vouchers lol. Delivery will be next week and after testing these babies I will report back. These handle discharhing to 0% much kinder and they will give you more cycles than lead-acid / gel.
Also replacing a lead acid 7ah/8ah with some chinese replacement battery is going to cost you R250+ for a decent quality, so after repeating the process about 3 times you have paid same price as lithium ones in any case and the lithium should still outlast them.
enerdude
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Our individual experiences might vary and you can't realy draw conclusions from it. Some people like to look at the blackblaze failure rates but even that is not a true reflection as they use enterprise drives whereas we talking about a consumer 5400rpm drive.
But for the record, I have had better results with seagate. Currently have a backup plus 4tb 2.5" ext, 2 x 6tb 3.5" ext and a 8tb 3.5" ext running for more than a year.
enerdude
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Dan C
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Raru says TRYAGAIN.On a lighter note, maybe those of you buying all these "hardware bargain" for yourself have forgotten about your better half (or maybe even forgotten to treat her for valentine's) - here is your chance at a bargain
You can even apply tryme07 and get it for R325!
enerdude
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raru?
Dan C
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enerdude
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Raru only sell stuff for wh*res, just like some cheap wh*res they try run with your money too
Just be careful with the lithium. I think you need a special lithium charger for them. I bought one for my gate motor and after 2 months the battery would not last a four hour period of load shedding.
enerdude
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Thanks, will check with my ups supplier what they recommend.
Edit: did some googling and it seems a lead acid charger present in a "normal" ups wont cut it
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Did you buy that exact one as per the link?
Ya. Exactly that one. Plugged it into my centurion gate motor as I thought it was a drop in replacement.
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