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Are these APC UPS good?

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18 minutes ago, 5GigaaHertz said:

APC usually makes decent UPS devices. However, these two are two of the cheaper models out there and they utilize a stepped approximation to a sine wave rather than pulse wave modulation which may or may not play nicely with your power supply. Most other devices dont seem to care much.

 

https://blog.tripplite.com/pure-sine-wave-vs-modified-sine-wave-explained#:~:text=In regard to output waveform,modulated (PWM) sine wave.

 

 

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https://excessups.com/blog/technical/pfc-power-supply/

 

Active PFC (Power Factor Correcting) in high end PSU's does not play well with these cheaper UPS.

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1 minute ago, RyzenDoctor said:

APC usually makes decent UPS devices. However, these two are two of the cheaper models out there and they utilize a stepped approximation to a sine wave rather than pulse wave modulation which may or may not play nicely with your power supply. Most other devices dont seem to care much.

 

https://blog.tripplite.com/pure-sine-wave-vs-modified-sine-wave-explained#:~:text=In regard to output waveform,modulated (PWM) sine wave.

this would be out of topic since i will be asking for another brand but what about these UPS?

https://www.cyberpower.com/ph/en/product/sku/ut650eg#specification

https://www.cyberpower.com/ph/en/product/sku/bu600e#specification

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8 hours ago, 5GigaaHertz said:

this would be out of topic since i will be asking for another brand but what about these UPS?

https://www.cyberpower.com/ph/en/product/sku/ut650eg#specification

https://www.cyberpower.com/ph/en/product/sku/bu600e#specification

I own a CP UPS. The ones you listed also suffer from being simulated sine-wave. For the TV and Playstation, theyll be fine. For a PC itll depend on your PSU

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