|
The front panel LCD screen tells you everything you would want to know about the power situation for your connected components. I bought this UPS to protect my home theater system. There are a few non-battery backup outlets on the back of the unit too so you can still take advantage of the surge protection the unit offers without the battery backup. I have my HDTV, HD-DVR, and PS3 hooked up to it because brown-outs, power surges, and power outages can really damage components like HDTVs or equipment with optical processing systems. When in normal operation, the UPS is very quiet and cannot be heard as an ambient noise. I've had a couple brown-outs and power outages and was relieved to find that there was no flicker or very quick loss of power between when the power went out/browned-out and when the UPS battery kicked in.
I have only experienced this in a few other cases but none of them had to be quarentined this long.On the whole I would say this UPS has a lot going for it but be warned that you might have to leave it airing in a back room, for a while, before you start using it. I mean really bad and powerfull.
From what I have read online and been told in person this smell is not toxic but it is very unpleasant to some people. The UPS is quiet, the software is full of features, it's battery backup actually lasts far longer than expected.The only problem I do have and it's unplesant, even if it's only temporary, is that the unit smells soo toxic that I can't even be around it.
Over time the smell should go away.Straight out of the box, without even turning it on I had to quarentine it for 3 weeks the smell was so bad. It is sometimes associated with the slight buring of plasitc/fresh glue etc.
from a new machine with enough built in heating capacity. Maybe it was just the way it was manufactured/packaged.
From what I have read online it seems to be a recuring theme that even competing products have to deal with but at least with my purchase order the smell just blew me out of the room, literally.
Without the monitor (TV) on, I have over an hour of time to finish a TiVo recording if one is in progress. It is easy to use and to set up. It works and the readout is very helpful.I use it for my AV setup. With the monitor on I have only 7 minutes. My TV is a bit of a power hog, and this UPS device shows me just how much.
I was totally amazed when i first used this product, speciallly because of the LCD screen it includes, wich shows the status of UPS at the moment including voltage, battery life and more. I also liked the overloads protection, coax and phone line protection. Highly recommended product.
The unit had provided sufficient protection to allow my computer equipment (full tower PC, multiple external hard drives, multiple scanners, DSL modem/router, powered speakers, and 2 telephones) to ride unscathed and fully functional through quite a few power surges, brownouts, and short duration outages. After sufficient frustration, I turned off the UPS, unplugged my equipment from a battery protected outlet, and plugged it into an outlet with surge protection only. The APC UPS provides for setting levels of protection against input electric noise; mine works fine with the generator even when the UPS is on the highest setting (i.e., clean input power).-----------------------------------------------I would have readily awarded the CyberPower Systems CP1500AVRLCD UPS 5 stars but for today's rude awakening. ADDENDUM February 3, 2010 - In the next life I'll install a better generator providing electronic regulation, tighter voltage and frequency control, and lower harmonic distortion than my current Generac Guardian unit. Many generators output a `dirty' AC signal that is not recognized by the UPS, which causes it to remain functioning off battery power."Had such a warning been available in the CP1500AVRLCD's descriptions, specifications, or user documentation, I would not have bought it in the first place. While the generator was supplying house power, the UPS would not output stable power long enough even to allow my PC to boot up.
The computer equipment was turned off at the time of the outage, but the UPS was nonetheless emitting annoying beeps.
Today's California storms, however, resulted in a total utility power outage in my area of 6 or 7 hours.
When the utility finally restored power and the generator switch out, the PC equipment continued to run.Eventually I found the following caveat buried in Support FAQs on the CyberPower web site:"Can I use my UPS in conjunction with a generator.
In the meantime, I've replaced my CyberPower with an APC BR1500 Back-UPS 1500VA for Home/Office Computers which does its job even when receiving power from the Generac.
This allowed the PC equipment to run flawlessly with generator power bypassing the UPS.
I have a Generac 15 kva generator which automatically starts approximately 15 seconds following utility power failure.
The generator began supplying power as expected.
-- CyberPower UPS systems are not designed to work with generators.
Now I'm researching a replacement which will peacefully coexist with my generator.
|
