Battery Back UP (UPS)

[mcloude]

Looking into buying a new Battery back up (UPS) at least 900watts minimum. Looking for 1 that doesnt catch fire. was looking at APC BR1500MS2,  APC BGM1500B and CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD. i just read to many horror reviews and unsure. Any help would be appreciated thank you

[Bombastinator]

43 minutes ago, mcloude said:

Looking into buying a new Battery back up (UPS) at least 900watts minimum. Looking for 1 that doesnt catch fire. was looking at APC BR1500MS2,  APC BGM1500B and CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD. i just read to many horror reviews and unsure. Any help would be appreciated thank you

Didn’t LTT just do a video on something that would cover that?  Made by Anker iirc.

Edited June 11, 2022 by Bombastinator

[baronvonsatchel]

On 6/11/2022 at 2:56 PM, Bombastinator said:

Didn’t LTT just do a video on something that would cover that?  Made by Anker iirc.

The Anker device is more of a portable power station of camping and such, rather than a UPS.

 

On 6/11/2022 at 2:13 PM, mcloude said:

Looking into buying a new Battery back up (UPS) at least 900watts minimum. Looking for 1 that doesnt catch fire. was looking at APC BR1500MS2,  APC BGM1500B and CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD. i just read to many horror reviews and unsure. Any help would be appreciated thank you

I have the APC BR1500MS2, seems to work great though I haven't actually had to rely on it in a power outage yet. The CyberPower one is almost identical in spec so you're probably good with either. I wouldn't bother with the APC "gamer" UPS, it's pretty much the same performance for 25% more money. All you get is a slightly fancier display and the option to get it in white. My workplace also uses tons of APC UPSes, which haven't burned the place down so far. Both manufacturers have a warranty that covers equipment damaged while protected by the UPS as well, though how supportive they are if you actually try to claim it is something I haven't investigated.

[Bombastinator]

I doubt many of them catch fire.  Perhaps you’re looking for lead acid batteries then?  I don’t know why they’re not used more often anymore really UPSes for desktops often simply don’t care about how physically large things are.  Shipping weight possible.   lead is so heavy it’s like it made of lead. 

[Bombastinator]

24 minutes ago, baronvonsatchel said:

The Anker device is more of a portable power station of camping and such, rather than a UPS.

 

I have the APC BR1500MS2, seems to work great though I haven't actually had to rely on it in a power outage yet. The CyberPower one is almost identical in spec so you're probably good with either. I wouldn't bother with the APC "gamer" UPS, it's pretty much the same performance for 25% more money. All you get is a slightly fancier display and the option to get it in white. My workplace also uses tons of APC UPSes, which haven't burned the place down so far. Both manufacturers have a warranty that covers equipment damaged while protected by the UPS as well, though how supportive they are if you actually try to claim it is something I haven't investigated.

It’s also LiIon.  There are battery backups and UPSes. Some battery backups can be used as UPSes if they can be charge while they are being drawn from.  I guess the post was a rather unclear imprecise request for clarity.

[baronvonsatchel]

5 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

It’s also LiIon.  There are battery backups and UPSes. Some battery backups can be used as UPSes if they can be charge while they are being drawn from.  I guess the post was a rather unclear imprecise request for clarity.

Yeah. Li-Ion is good for capacity, but they are prone to going up in flames. That and they wear out quickly if left at maximum charge, which is where a UPS will spend the overwhelming majority of its life. That's why true UPSes use older lead acid technology.

[IPD]

I like Eaton.

[Bombastinator]

5 hours ago, baronvonsatchel said:

Yeah. Li-Ion is good for capacity, but they are prone to going up in flames. That and they wear out quickly if left at maximum charge, which is where a UPS will spend the overwhelming majority of its life. That's why true UPSes use older lead acid technology.

They can if you screw up.  Screwing up includes buying counterfeit or low quality batteries.  Also they need to be recycled before they go bad.  Basically anything with sufficient energy density is prone to explosion though.  Grain dust will explode. Used to be a real problem.  Lead acid batteries will explode if there are no safety measures.  That used to be a problem too. The only way to truly avoid that is low energy density which means a gigantic battery.