Re: Suggestions on vendor for UPS battery

"Pete Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> Charles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm listening!
>
> Whatever's cheaper with reasonable shipping, right?
>
> I dunno about Belkin UPS' -- I stick with APC stuff. I haven't needed to
> replace a battery in years (though I probably should). Once I get some
> money, I'll need to get a UPS for each computer, instead of them sharing
> one, and probably get one for the fish tank too. :)

I have one APC BackUPS ES 500 and one MinuteMan MN525... both work very 
well. One is used just for the computer, the other is for the monitors and 
peripherals... yes, my machine is a bit of a monster and requires that 
much juice, but I wanted to separate the computer's power supply from the 
monitors' and peripherals' power supply to ensure the power to the 
computer was as smooth as possible (no power dips as I kick the monitors 
on, etc.), hence two UPS's.

If you're looking for a really cheap (but really large) UPS unit, you 
should check out:

http://web.govliquidation.com/auction/search

Click on the 'Computer & Office' link (next to the mouse icon), and you'll 
find government surplus computers, printers, monitors, UPS's, pretty much 
anything you could want... It's an auction style sale, notice that most of 
the items have either $0 or $50 as the bid... pretty cheap stuff. Courtesy 
of the DoD and Uncle Sam.