Tim wrote:
I can't tell you how many UPS's I've seen that are supposedly good, but have 5+ year old batteries in them.How many let you hot swap a battery? Surely that's a requirement, to be able to change an aging component, without having to power down the computer that it's supply. It is supposed to be an *uninterrupted* power supply.
No, if you want your computer to stay up continuously, get the kind with dual power supplies and plug them into 2 different UPS's. That way you can replace one at a time.
But out of the small number of consumer aimed UPSs that I've actually been able to see, they're virtually a sealed box.
Yes, they serve a purpose, but keeping something running non-stop for 10 years isn't it.
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