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The quoted material sounds like a poor analysis. It doesn't take into account all the times the UPS would have failed while the grid was fine. UPSs are not pure
by jeffbee 3y ago
The quoted material sounds like a poor analysis. It doesn't take into account all the times the UPS would have failed while the grid was fine. UPSs are not pure goods with no downsides that merely add to availability. Commercial UPS are very unreliable, bordering on a scam.
- Symbiote 3y agoIt also doesn't account for the fire risk — a cheap UPS is much more likely to catch fire than a PC / NAS.
- WWLink 3y agoYea, a disturbing amount of reviews on amazon for the lower end (still 1350/1500VA though!) UPSes contain words like "smoke" and "fire". My own experience with UPSes didn't involve smoke or fires, but it did involve remote equipment going offline for months until I had time to make a trip out to replace the UPS with a surge protector.