APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS by APC
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Digital camera reviews of APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS
Digital camera Review: Essential
Summary: 4 Stars
I have used one UPC or another for years, and swear by them. (Sell no computer without a UPS!) As I replace one with another possessing more outlets (that seems to be the direction of the world...), I migrate the older one downstream so that I now have all my electronics on battery, or at least surge protection. Only makes sense whenever you live in lightning country, or work with variable electrical supply (e.g., generators). I have never had a power or reliability problem with an APC unit. The price is very good.
I bought this Back-UPS 750G for its green features, as well as 10 clean outlets--look around your computer and count the surprising number of devices that require power (not overlooking modems and routers). I dare say the power supply side of this Back-UPS really is more efficient, but the Master/Controlled outlet business was a big disappointment. It ought to be the biggest contributor to saving electrical costs, but does not work for me. When my iMac computer is the Master and is put to sleep, it will turn off up to three Controlled peripherals, but as they are shutting off a few seconds later, some of them (external hard drive or printer) seem to send a signal to the computer that wakes it up again, which then turns the peripherals back on. This cycle defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it. Customer service had me change the wattage sensitivity controls, since some Macs seem to consume lots of watts in sleep, but that did not solve my problem. If anybody has a workaround, let me know.
I have also tried a Master/Slave surge arrest with a television, and ran into a similar problem: if the TV was master, the slaved receiver did not turn on soon enough to supply a signal in time to the TV, or if the receiver was master, there was not enough delay before the TV lit up to have a signal available. I had then to power cycle one or the other to get the signal in the right sequence. These problems cannot be general, or no one would produce these controlled power regulators, so I may be unlucky with my particular combinations of equipment.
If this could be you, I suggest you try this Back-UPS, or similar, only if you have return privileges. The Master outlet can also be turned into an ordinary one, with battery backup. None of the Controlled outlets have battery backup, and they are spaced close together (a power brick is likely to cover two of the three Controlled outlets).
Digital camera Review: Essential Protection
Summary: 5 Stars
I learned my lesson the hard way, with disk corruption from line surges. This unit has enough power reserve for personal PC in protecting from line surges with thunderstorms. Good price, clean appearance; highly recommended.Digital camera Review: Estimated Battery Time at half load 6 Minutes?
Summary: 3 Stars
I just bought this, and ran the utility program. It is telling me that I have an estimated 6 minutes of battery time at 266 Watts of power. I thought it should be more around 10-12 minutes since it so said in the speficications.
So now i'm not sure if its just the utility is incorrect or if it is actually only going to last 6 minutes.
Digital camera Review: Every home should have one
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased one of these items on May 10, 2008. Since I had a blackout on 6/27, I figured I could finally write a review.
First, this is my first APC, as well as my first battery backup, product. I've owned a number of surge protectors in the past, but since I had purchased a new computer, I wanted to try a backup device.
After a deal of research, I finally went with this one, after the value for the money, and the positive reviews APC had received.
This model offers 10 outlets, of which 5 can run off of the battery. This also offers a master, and three 'slave' outlets. This means that if the master is off, the three outlets can optionally be shut off as well (helpful for printers, monitors, speakers, ...) It's optional, so you can shut it off (which I did).
It also offers a USB connection, so you can monitor the status of the battery using APC PowerChute Personal Edition.
Along with charge percentage, it gives the number of volts being passed into it, and the watt load on the battery, which seems to translate into a battery estimate (how long equipment can run).
PowerChute offers a couple of options, for when the power goes off - preserve the battery, or keep the computer on for as long as possible.
Having had a blackout, albeit at night, I can suggest what I had happen. First, my computer appears to have been put to sleep. When it started back up, SpeedFan began running my two fans at 100%. In short, the battery handled the blackout perfectly.
If you're worried about alarms going off at night, there are settings to disable the alarm between particular hours, or disable it entirely.
Finally, while this comes with a battery, they do recommend you replace these every three years. You can run self-tests manually to verify the battery. I did have a bit of trouble when first hooking up the battery, but it was relatively minor.
(As a guy who's interested in statistics, I would also have liked to have been able to pull more information from PowerChute - for example, via a battery log of what's happening when I'm not at my computer. Granted, it'll tell you when the battery kicks in, but I'd like to know what voltage is being passed, and whether usage watts are spiking or moving throughout the day. What happens when I'm running tasks, or if I have my computer sit for a couple of hours with the monitor off?)
Overall, I'm *extremely* happy with this product, and will *definitely* be purchasing another one of these to hook up my Playstation 3 and Sony Bravia.
Digital camera Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is excellent it does all that they it would do and more and the section that is control by the master its just awsome