UPS recomendations & advice

[MyDraadloos]

Need to get a UPS for my shop in Centurion. It should be sufficient if it can keep a P4, 15" LCD, Credit Card Machine, Samsung POS printer and G-PAS GPRS modem going for an hour or so.

Other than power outages I am more concerned about the general quality of the power supplied in Centurion.

Not sure if it is true but I can believe that fluctuating power will lead to data corruption.

Don't need any more problems, TurboCash / POS is allready doing it's own data corruption.

Any ideas - who,what,where,when,how ?

I am registered to buy at Pinnacle, Axis, them indians "& all" just down the road and a few other places.

 

[megageth]

Hmmmm.
I actually logged in to ask questions on UPS's myself. I have a Powercom BlackKnight 400VA which seems to run my 400W AMD64 system + monitor perfectly. Our house is on 2 separate power grids and often one half of the house shorts and the other doesnt. I had a few reputable motherboards die so got that UPS to help preserve my pc from spikes and sudden failures. Seems to have worked so far. Maybe you should get something a little bigger than the 400VA, like the 600VA for your needs. They are quite cheap. Rather than rely on me tho, get a printout of the specs from the site eg http://www.powercom-usa.com/ProductDetail.asp?ID=4052
- take it to an electrician and ask if it will suffice...

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If anyone knowledgeable about electrical stuffs can tell me roughly how many watts the 400va ups can put out, I'd appreciate it. I read the specs but it assumes prior knowledge. Is VA == Watts?

Specs:
http://www.powercom-usa.com/ProductDetail.asp?ID=3122

I'd like to upgrade to a 500W/700W system at some stage and want to know if the UPS will still be sufficient.
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