On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:09 PM Scott Allen via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 12:49, Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> wrote:
That means one for each room? or one for each outlet where a power strip will be run?
Think of a UPS as a power bar. If you can power all of the equipment you'd like to protect on one power bar or outlet, you need one UPS. If the equipment is in different rooms or on different circuits, you will need more than one, just like you would use multiple power bars.
If you're buying ones that are rated at some 600W or so (1500 VA - - - - which should be watts but somehow isn't) you might be surprised at what all you can run. The cost in the mid $200 range - - - if I were buying 4 or 5 I think I might be asking for a bit off of each too. One thing to keep in mind is that you don't want to count on them too hard. If you drain the battery dead a couple times you capacity is going to hit the toilet! - - - These are short term tools - - - - NOT serious UPS where you have hours of backup. HTH