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09-17-2006, 11:12 PM
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This water tastes salty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Indiana
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Best UPS system???
I know I will have a UPS or a battery to 120v setup, for my sump once I get everything setup. Question is, which brand of UPS should I look into?? I have one on my gecko tanks currently(APC), do they all have the very loud annoying "beep" when power is lost?? If so, does anyone know how to bypass that??
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09-20-2006, 08:42 PM
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This water tastes salty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Indiana
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Anybody?? Ideas?? Personal preferences??
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09-20-2006, 10:31 PM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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sorry, do not use one on my system. i have a power inverter and a Honda Civic for when the power goes out. 
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09-21-2006, 02:47 PM
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photomod
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
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I use a Cyberpower 1200VA on my computer, works great.
Even a 1200VA UPS will usually last for less than an hour on many tank setups, so replacing the battery with a on that has a much larger rapacity will help. Also, I think all of them beep with the loss of power; the only way it can be turned off is to physically remove or disconnect the speaker.
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09-22-2006, 12:53 AM
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This water tastes salty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wharyat
I use a Cyberpower 1200VA on my computer, works great.
Even a 1200VA UPS will usually last for less than an hour on many tank setups, so replacing the battery with a on that has a much larger rapacity will help. Also, I think all of them beep with the loss of power; the only way it can be turned off is to physically remove or disconnect the speaker.
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I was thinking that's what needed to be done, just wondered if anyone had done it.
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09-22-2006, 04:50 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: michigan
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i personally like fed-ex as opposed to ups  |
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09-24-2006, 11:07 PM
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This water tastes salty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 213
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Originally Posted by reefermike1
i personally like fed-ex as opposed to ups |
FED-EX is "the devil "  . Family works for UPS. I am required to say that. Also I've had less luck with Fed-Ex, maybe because I do have family at UPS???
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09-25-2006, 06:37 PM
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squid
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: I am lost
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on the larger APC UPS' you can with a computer and APCs controll software turn of the beep totally.
I have done this on the APC 3000 that I have running my home theatre equipment.
:-) Smily
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09-25-2006, 07:03 PM
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This water tastes salty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smily
on the larger APC UPS' you can with a computer and APCs controll software turn of the beep totally.
I have done this on the APC 3000 that I have running my home theatre equipment.
:-) Smily
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Thanks, smily, great help
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09-25-2006, 07:05 PM
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Why I get nothing done...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Beaverton
Posts: 2,967
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoff
sorry, do not use one on my system. i have a power inverter and a Honda Civic for when the power goes out.
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That's not going to run much at all is it?
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