[mythtv-users] apc backup

[Stephen P Villano]

On 3/20/2016 9:10 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:03 PM, Mike Thomas <mt3 at pfw.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> .....
>> Like you I bought APC UPSes for home/office use. APC are a toy
>> manufacturer. Nobody relies upon them for anything but home use, or at
>> least I hope they don't. You get what you pay for.
> I will point out that APC has many different lines of UPS,
> from those targeted at the "cheap" customer that goes
> for whatever is lowest cost at the local consumer
> electronics store, to systems capable of supporting
> a significant (small) data center load.  That is not unique
> to APC (as you note).  It is not surprising that those
> that purchase cheap get cheap, and should expect
> the equipment (and the users who purchase them)
> to be considered disposable.
>
> As with all else, even the best manufacturer has
> had specific variants of their devices that are both
> well below, and well above, the "average" for that
> product line, and the environment you are running
> it in always matters.  When one wants to actually
> provide useful guidance to someone else, one must
> specify the exact model one purchased, and what
> environment one is running it in.  This is true if
> the device is a disk drive (believe it or not, not all
> deskstars are deathstars), or a UPS (a BackUPS
> running at 95% of rated load and always needing
> to buck/boost line voltage in a 35C closet is far
> different than a SmartUPS running at 5% of rated
> load with no need to adjust the line voltage in a
> 20C basement).
>
Or even an APC Symmetra, which is a far cry from a BackUPS unit. The old
adage is a truism, you get what you pay for.