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Subj : Re: Need testers
To   : Darkytoo
From : Tracker1
Date : Mon Jun 20 2005 06:43 am

Darkytoo wrote:
>> mine's on a UPS mainly because of spikes/surges etc, lights flicker... and
>> don't trust it.. really need to get another dedicated power circuit to this
>> room for the servers... of course, now that *really* has to wait...
> 
> Just be careful, theres actually two types of power supplies, SPS and UPS. 
> Most of the cheaper ones are actually switching power supplies, they only use
> the battery when it detects a power outage and it then switches to battery
> power in some really short length of time, but if power is fine then the
> battery goes unused.  BUT, they still call it a UPS.  While the higher end
> UPS's actually run off the batter full time.  These are best if you have
> power issues as it's all filtered before it hits the actual computer.  I
> think the best way to tell is if the UPS gets hot, chance is are it's a REAL
> ups.  

Well, with everything on, I unplugged, and it all stayed on, so guessing I'm 
pretty safe with it.. ;)  good information to know just the same... wouldn't 
the circuit actually be cheaper, with greater wear on the battery life with a 
UPS over an SPS though?

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