Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:13:22 -0400 From: Mixtim <mixtim@home.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UPS for freebsd server Message-ID: <20010713081322.A1828@home.com> In-Reply-To: <000d01c10b5c$09638b60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:24:06PM -0700 References: <20010712093802.A7369@home.com> <000d01c10b5c$09638b60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:24:06PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Quite true but the SmartUPS is more expensive than the BackUPS also > you have to special order the dumb cable because the smartups only > ships with the smart cable. APC sent me free "dumb" cables for every SmartUPS I owned. I doubt that is a policy but if you get someone nice on the phone I bet you'd get free cables too. > The experience I've had with UPS's is that 90% of the time they fail > because the battery has gone south and that usually happens after 2 > years of continuous service. I had one battery last 3.5 years before the self-test failed but yes -- most last only 2 years. Unless you just need a new warranty there isn't much point in replacing the entire unit every 2 years. They last quite a while and batteries are much cheaper than a new unit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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