[rescue] WTB/Advice: UPSs

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 12:43:07PM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> Well, if you took the battery out, you could use it like a spike
> protector.  :)  Spike protectors are $12 or so, new.  Unless the
> back-ups was free, I'd go with the spike protector.  I remember looking
> at things a few years ago (erm, ok, almost 10), and as it turned out,
> you either wanted stuff that was < $30, or > $500, if you cared about
> the equipment.  The stuff in between was actually worse than the < $30
> stuff.  

$localOfficeSupplyStore keeps selling Back-UPS units (the ones that look like
over sized power strips) for $29.95.  Spike protectors start at that price.
Stuff labeled surge protector can be had for less though.

I'm kicking myself for turning down a 220v, mainframe power conditioning unit
2 years ago.  It was large enough that ignoring stove, water heater, and
dryer, it would have been able to condition the whole house, elimating the 
need for as many spike protectors.  Oh well.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd