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Peace of mind from the world's most trusted UPS.The Back-UPS battery backup offers guaranteed power and surge protection for wireless networks, computers, gaming consoles and other electronics in your home or business. Models supply battery backup during outages and unsafe voltage fluctuations, as well as provide protection from damaging surges and spikes. They're available in 'tower' or 'floor' styles, and together with a variety of standard features, they are the perfect choice to protect your data and keep you connected.
 
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Two Bad Units from Two Different Batches
on December 30, 2010
Posted by: AllenW
from Hanover MD
I've tried two of these units in a row, and they both failed within a couple of days. The failure process was the same as others have seen: The unit works fine at first, for about a day, then starts beeping. Other than the beeping, there's no immediate indication of a problem, even if you cycle through the displays on the unit. If you keep an eye on the unit over the next day or so, you'll notice that the battery meter gets lower and lower, despite the fact that the household power is on (as evidence of that, the non-battery backup outlets of the unit continue to supply power). Once the battery meter gets to zero, the battery backup outlets no longer function, and the unit reports the F5 and F6 failures.
Note that the non-battery backup outlets continue to function, providing you with a very expensive surge suppressor, and that's what I'm using until delivery of my newly ordered Cyberpower unit.
I'm fairly sure the two APC units I tried were from different batches, as one had a manual that was in English only, and the other had a manual with multiple languages. I don't know if APC has just designed a bad unit, or has started using cheap parts that fail under load, though I suspect the latter. It's a shame, as I have an older 1500VA APC unit that I've had for more than five years, which is still going strong on its original battery.
What's great about it: Warnings can be silenced.
What's not so great: Only works for two days.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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