Matt34

Matt34

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I did search on here but didn't find exactly what I'm looking for. I need something for my HT and computer systems that will allow me enough time to shut the systems off properly during a lighting strom incase of power failure. I live in rural Arizona and during the Monsoon season we have plenty of brown/black outs. Price is a big concern!

Here are 2 that I have found but are they overkill, is there a cheaper version available that would suit my needs better?

Tripp Lite’s HT1500UPS

Another Tripp Lite
 
mtrycrafts

mtrycrafts

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Matt34 said:
I did search on here but didn't find exactly what I'm looking for. I need something for my HT and computer systems that will allow me enough time to shut the systems off properly during a lighting strom incase of power failure. I live in rural Arizona and during the Monsoon season we have plenty of brown/black outs. Price is a big concern!

Here are 2 that I have found but are they overkill, is there a cheaper version available that would suit my needs better?

Tripp Lite’s HT1500UPS

Another Tripp Lite

I think th ekey question is unanswered: How much power will it supply from the batteries for how long?
Your computer by itself, no monitor, is 150 watts +/-, then you want to add in your HT system when in operation. And, you probably need 10 min to power down? You may be in the middle of an operation on the computer :D
 
M

MDS

Audioholic Spartan
The unit says 'up to one hour of backup'. Note that ups backup times are stated in terms of half load. So for that 1000VA unit, you would only achieve 1 hour of backup (+/-) if the load were 500VA or less.

You need to add up the max power consumption of all the devices that will be connected and then choose a ups based on that. If you want to obtain the rated backup time, it will have to be half of the VA rating of the UPS. [You can convert Watts to VA - multiply watts by 1.4. If the power consumption is listed in Amps, then use 120 volts x amps to get VA].

Because your only goal is to shut things down orderly in the event of a power outage, you can get away with a lower VA rated unit as long as the total capacity of the ups is at least equal to the power consumption of all the connected devices; ie if all the devices consume 500 watts, you can get at minimum a 700 VA ups. You just won't get the full backup time stated - it will be half.

One other thing to consider. Unless the UPS is a true 'online' ups, its output will be a stepped approximation of a sine wave. While it won't damage anything (and for a computer it won't matter one bit), it won't be ideal for the HT equipment so you may notice a slight loss of quality in the sound - but given that its purpose is soley for temporary backup so you can shut things off in an orderly fashion, I wouldn't be too concerned about that.
 
jaxvon

jaxvon

Audioholic Ninja
I know that a lot of APS units feature true Sine Wave output...so you might want to look into one of their units.
 

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