Which UPS would you recommend

Aardvark said:
Have one of these. I replaced the 7ah battery with a 17ah battery and now it lasts about 14 hours.
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Pretty decent Service so far - I ordered on Sunday and delivered by Wed morning - I have it all plugged in and waiting for loadshedding at 6pm today to test
 
So I will be getting a refund for the two Eatons. Waiting for my Ratels, and now need to find a decent UPS for my son's pc, and with decent I mean something that will give about 15 minutes (guess around 650W will be enough), and the batteries don't take 14 hours to charge
 
x7razor said:
Think i will be following your lead not impressed with these Eatons man my no name ups gives me better results lol
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I must say, I am shocked. Took it back today, got told it is a warranty claim, I was not impressed. Got them to test it while I wait, and the approved the refund.
Will look at the small RTC I think
 
Aardvark said:
I have a different named product but it is the same. Mine did not come with a battery.
I added a larger 30ah battery. Even after 2.5 hours mine still shows the battery at 100^ charged.
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What brand do you have - as I'm looking for something similar and what is the lifespan like on the 30ah battery you added in?
 
Cyber-f00led said:
Did you receive your mini ups yet and if so could you test it out?
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Yes I ordered on Sunday and it arrived yesterday - just in time for it to charge before loadshedding. it worked flawlessly for the 2.5 hours that the power was out. There was a small issue with the connector as the centre pin on the router was smaller than the connector on the ups so i sent the an email and one of their technicians dropped off an adapter. Pretty happy with the service
 
dawaster said:
Yes I ordered on Sunday and it arrived yesterday - just in time for it to charge before loadshedding. it worked flawlessly for the 2.5 hours that the power was out. There was a small issue with the connector as the centre pin on the router was smaller than the connector on the ups so i sent the an email and one of their technicians dropped off an adapter. Pretty happy with the service
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and you have a normal 7.2ah battery installed? Could you send a picture of the adapter? I want to order one as well so that i know what to get as I read up the connector to routers might be a problem in general
 
Cyber-f00led said:
What brand do you have - as I'm looking for something similar and what is the lifespan like on the 30ah battery you added in?
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Hi
Mine was called peakpower. I got mine from communica. You should get 600 full cycles.
When I use mine it shows 99 percent full after 2 hours. I think this will last a good few years.
 
Aardvark said:
Hi
Mine was called peakpower. I got mine from communica. You should get 600 full cycles.
When I use mine it shows 99 percent full after 2 hours. I think this will last a good few years.
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Thanks for he feedback - these days you can't just trust everybody as most of them are out there to make a quick buck
 
Cyber-f00led said:
and you have a normal 7.2ah battery installed? Could you send a picture of the adapter? I want to order one as well so that i know what to get as I read up the connector to routers might be a problem in general
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This is the one that comes in the box - it converts from a large to the thin barrel power connector. the one I needed was the same size as the one supplied but with a 2.1mm hole instead of a 2.5 as supplied
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This is the new one - the one on the right is the correct one for my router
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Finally managed to return this useless 1100va and 650va Eatons dammit man i thought buying a name brand would be good my no name jobbie has served me beter than this Eatons. Now comes the decision again with what is left which one lol > Mecer or RCT or Powercom?
 
x7razor said:
Finally managed to return this useless 1100va and 650va Eatons dammit man i thought buying a name brand would be good my no name jobbie has served me beter than this Eatons. Now comes the decision again with what is left which one lol > Mecer or RCT or Powercom?
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I am considering the RCT ... will be getting Ratels for the Fibre stuff
 
x7razor said:
Finally managed to return this useless 1100va and 650va Eatons dammit man i thought buying a name brand would be good my no name jobbie has served me beter than this Eatons. Now comes the decision again with what is left which one lol > Mecer or RCT or Powercom?
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I've had Mecers fail, seen RCT fail etc - go for the cheapest one and get it over with. Even with no load, the battery % will fall, but should stabilize at some arb 60% level. Sure, it won't run for 9000+ hours, but should last at least 2+ hours. My Mecer el-cheapo UPS runs the TV for 2 hours without a problem with my set of batteries, so should also run the same time with no load.

Do note though,I have heard that some lower VA UPSs have a 2 hour hard limit on the runtime - my Mecer 650VA does this, even with no load. Mildly irritating, but not the end of the world.
 
LandyMan said:
And, what was the result ... both mine went back because the battery was running down with no load ... and the recharge time was just insane
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Not yet because my PC stays on all the time except for loadshedding.

Ill let you know when the next loadshedding hits but here is a pic of when its in use, not sure if it helps.


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ld13 said:
I've had Mecers fail, seen RCT fail etc - go for the cheapest one and get it over with. Even with no load, the battery % will fall, but should stabilize at some arb 60% level. Sure, it won't run for 9000+ hours, but should last at least 2+ hours. My Mecer el-cheapo UPS runs the TV for 2 hours without a problem with my set of batteries, so should also run the same time with no load.

Do note though,I have heard that some lower VA UPSs have a 2 hour hard limit on the runtime - my Mecer 650VA does this, even with no load. Mildly irritating, but not the end of the world.
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The eaton 2000 and 1500 seems to have the hard discharge. No matter what, it discharges at a set rate
 
ld13 said:
Even with no load, the battery % will fall, but should stabilize at some arb 60% level.
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Personally i have never seen it happen that a brand new UPS drains it battery from 100% to less than 80% in 5 minutes time with nothing connected. Maybe a old ups with a bad battery then yes i will understand it :)

LandyMan said:
The eaton 2000 and 1500 seems to have the hard discharge. No matter what, it discharges at a set rate
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Wonder if this is the case with all the Eaton models? I tried to contact eaton a week ago no response what so ever
 
Picked up a Mecer 850 unit this morning ... first thing, it is SMALL, secondly ... no, as in ZERO fan crap when charging :)
 
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