Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 20:36 -0600, Dave Ihnat wrote: > >>> The APC units are still way too heavy and bulky. They are poorly >>> designed, being little more than batteries stuffed into a box that >>> >> are >> >>> connected to circuit boards and 120v outlets. >>> >> Cheap. See above. >> >> The most depressing part of all of this is that companies producing >> professional-quality units aren't rewarded, so they either die or turn >> out low-end junk...as we're seeing. >> > ---- > here is a link for 1500VA units from PCCONNECTION.COM > > http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Search.htm?CatId=203882&id= > +2147470225 > > they vary from $200 to $1000 > > There's a market for both cheap and for quality...personally, I'm buying > the APC Smart-UPS unit every time ($ 720 free-standing, $ 740 in rack > mount) > > I think APC is quite successful > > Craig > > While these units are too small to be in Craig's link above...it is interesting how the Back-UPS XS-800 and the Back-UPS XS-900, each with a different wattage rating, use the same RBC32 battery "cartridge." I wonder if someone has published an "autopsy" of these UPS supplies to show the component parts, especially the circuit boards. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
