Which UPS Battery Back Up?

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A few years back, a pretty bad ice storm rolled through the area. There were lots of people who lost power for days and even weeks. I was lucky enough to not lose power at all. My elderly mother-in-law was living with us at the time. She watched the news stories and got real paranoid about what would happen if we ever lost power so she insisted we get a generator. I flat out refused to spend that kind of money on something that would would spend 99.999999% of it's time collecting dust in the garage. She then told me to go pick out a generator and that she would pay for it. Talk about a deal you can't refuse? A couple years later, she moved out of our house into elderly housing leaving the generator behind. Got to love a free generator.
 
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I checked today to see if my APC would run ok on the generator and it does.

On wall AC
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On battery.

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On generator.

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I checked today to see if my APC would run ok on the generator and it does.

On wall AC
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On battery.

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On generator.

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What model UPS and what make and model Genny?
 
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My UPS is an APC Back-UPS XS 1500

My generator is a Honeywell 6200 389cc portable generator.
 
Good deal. If it does the same thing with a load connected to the UPS ya got a winning setup there.
 
Good deal. If it does the same thing with a load connected to the UPS ya got a winning setup there.
You stole my question. Was wondering if it runs just as well on a start up.
 
Ok, my next test will be firing up the stove on generator.
 
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A few years back, a pretty bad ice storm rolled through the area. There were lots of people who lost power for days and even weeks. I was lucky enough to not lose power at all. My elderly mother-in-law was living with us at the time. She watched the news stories and got real paranoid about what would happen if we ever lost power so she insisted we get a generator. I flat out refused to spend that kind of money on something that would would spend 99.999999% of it's time collecting dust in the garage. She then told me to go pick out a generator and that she would pay for it. Talk about a deal you can't refuse? A couple years later, she moved out of our house into elderly housing leaving the generator behind. Got to love a free generator.

If you have a mother in law that puts her money where he mouth is... KEEP HER... AND HER DAUGHTER!
 
I am trying to decide which UPS to get. The APC BE750G or the TrippLite INTERNET750U.
Which one do you suggest? Ty
I just bought the APC mentioned here from WallyWorld. I think it was $89 on sale. Thanks for bringing this up again, a great reminder.
 
Several years ago i bought a Tripplite from Costco, had it for over a year and power never went out, until the big October snowstorm 3 year's ago that killed the power for a week, I was very disappointed it only ran my stove for a few minutes and my stoves uses less than 75watt's, I returned it, It also made my fans sound weird hum, I liked the digital meter on it as I could monitor my Generator voltage, I should buy another soon.
 
Several years ago i bought a Tripplite from Costco, had it for over a year and power never went out, until the big October snowstorm 3 year's ago that killed the power for a week, I was very disappointed it only ran my stove for a few minutes and my stoves uses less than 75watt's, I returned it, It also made my fans sound weird hum, I liked the digital meter on it as I could monitor my Generator voltage, I should buy another soon.

That's because you bought an underpowered device for your application, not because it was a Triplite. Small UPS are meant to give you the time to properly shut off the stove, not to run it for a week!
 
You need roughly 200aH of battery life to run a stove for 24hours.
 
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That's because you bought an underpowered device for your application, not because it was a Triplite. Small UPS are meant to give you the time to properly shut off the stove, not to run it for a week!
I remember it was a big one, stand up 1500 series, with digital readout like Tim's above, should of ran for hour's, maybe the battery was chit
 
I remember it was a big one, stand up 1500 series, with digital readout like Tim's above, should of ran for hour's, maybe the battery was chit

I wired in bigger batteries to get an extended run.
 
Tim i returned it 2 years ago to Costco, lifetime return policy, looking into a pure sine model, but really been burning for 16+ years without a backup and never had a issue only once with the tripplite
 
I remember it was a big one, stand up 1500 series, with digital readout like Tim's above, should of ran for hour's, maybe the battery was chit
I bought a pair of Tripplite 750's for my kids computers and after a week I cut some circuit breakers to do some electrical work and both pc's just powered off, junk. I replaced them with APC 750's and no problem.
 
Consensus is Tripp-lite is GARBAGE!!
 
Most portable generators are designed for job sites to supply power for saws, compressors, lights, heaters, etc. If the output varies due load shift, either up or down, as compressors turn on and off, if the output is a square wave, maybe even ragged, motor windings most times do not care. Most battery UPS's also do not smooth the incoming voltage, so putting your tv or stove on a UPS and using your generator does not necessarily protect them, UPS's do have surge protection. It does not necessarily cause components to fail straight away but could shorten their life. Inverter generators and stationary generators are a different breed, their output is a smooth sine wave and designed for use with expensive electronics. Obviously more expensive but useful features doing a power outage, quieter, less fuel consumption, etc. FYI I do have a UPS on my stove and it is not a Tripplite. ;)
YMMV.
 
i run a cyberpower pure sine
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1VVQWB5QZ6RZHHKT4Y3W

gives me about an hour to decide if i want to shut down the stove with a good end run of smoke up the chute. 95% of my power outages here last less than 30 min, usually from a branch or some drunk idiot hitting a pole/etc more than weather (i have underground power in my street, but the main state road is above ground).

A generator is still on my list to do, but i still can't justify the expense of something I won't use enough, and probably won't have fuel on hand for that is stabelized... etc. I have a cord of wood in the back yard, and if things got THaT cold, i'd pull the exhaust and stove out and start burning and deal with re-installing later.

Or, just shut my water off and go to my parent's house about 3 miles away who have a gas fireplace and external tank and a spare bedroom :D

hmmm coupled with an inexpensive 2 stroke generator @ 900w this might be just the solution I'm looking for and comes in at a total of ~300.00 2 stroke fuel is stabilized by the oil content and I always have a supply on hand for weed wacker, leaf blower and chain saw etc anyway. the issue brought up in the post above regarding uneven generator output and lack of filtering by the ups seems to be addressed by the ups mentioned in the quote in this post, it handles surges and uneven power and output is pure sine wave. anyone tell me where I may be wrong here please
 
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I have that HF pos 900 watt jobber, and it would NOT kick on my stove. ignition drew too much. it could maintain it but it would not bring it up from a cold start.... the convection blower initial surge tripped it over and over again every time it tired to ramp up. remember, when plugged in to a 'wall' (or generator) the ups isn't using it's power supply, only the wall.

it's also loud as fk and rattles to all hell. worst $99 i ever spent. lol
 
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