UPS

[John Temples]

In article <1991May22.175630.16468 at chinacat.unicom.com> chip at chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal) writes:
>I've been using Unison UPS's.  They are pretty inexpensive for a true
>UPS, and seem to do the trick.

I've been using a Unison unit for about two years, and it's been
completely trouble free.  We have a lot of electrical storm activity
here in central Florida, so the UPS gets tested frequently with 1-2
second outages.  Florida Power and Light is affectionately known as
"Florida Flicker and Flash."  During the time that I've had it, only
once has the power been out long enough for the batteries to give out
-- and that was an eight-hour outage.

>I've only been using them for about six months, so I don't know how
>they are on battery life and cost/hassle of battery replacement.  I
>home I'm not in for any rude surprises.

The unit I have has to be returned to the factory for battery
replacement -- a definite "minus."  While composing this article, I
unplugged the UPS, and I got the "two minute warning" after about five
minutes.  I guess the batteries are on their last legs.
-- 
John W. Temples -- john at jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)