At 21:12 5/15/99 , Susan Hays wrote:
 >So you are saying that the back-ups do work and definitely worth the
 >investment?
 >When I started talking about purchasing one, I got some pretty opposite
 >opinions on them.  Some said that they were great and others said that
 >they did not do the job they were advertised to do.


Hi Susan

I've tested mine by pulling their plugs from the wall and they do work.
And they also protect the systems from brown outs and momentary power
losses that happen here almost daily. I have five APC UPSs and one
Opti-UPS (one for each of 6 computers). I wouldn't have bothered if
they didn't work. The power supplies in today's computers are made as
cheaply as possible and do a poor job of correcting even small power
problems. I figure that a good UPS can help make your computer run more
stably by providing your system's power supply with a really stable
source of AC power.

By the way, I forgot to mention...a 650VA UPS is good for about 400
to 450 Watts of equipment. (Power ratings in VA and in Watts are
equivalent only for Direct Current. There is a "power factor" which
must be considered when talking about Alternating Current.)

Regards,
Bill

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