Uninterrupable Power Supply UPS option in nearby shops

[Uzin]

Edenorte was so annoying a couple of days ago, we had powercuts like 10 times in the evening. Back after 5 minutes though....!!!

We have a generator that comes online in like 10 sec, but when power is back it goes off and power comes after 30 sec...! So for 10 powercuts we had 20 disruption where Internet goes, TV and Delancer box goes, and TV box, all reboot. I think I missed half of what I was watching live...

I have used UPS for pc and servers before, and I'm familiar with them, but then it was for work and we could order anything we liked off Amazon and other shops.

As these are heavy, what are the economical local shop options around here..., probably Puerto Plata I guess, or if they deliver from Santiago...?

Also do they sell cheap controllers here that can just hook up to a simple battery...? I only need it for TV (I think 48in TCL), router, Delancer box and android TV box, for like 30 sec...

 

[MariaRubia]

I did quite a lot of research and ended up buying from XPC you will find them online. Small company but the guy who runs it really knows his stuff and the one I bought keeps my iMac running for 35 mins - we have a olanta so that's way more time than I need but it can also power the router so the internet never goes down. I'm pretty sure they deliver island wide and they also service and repair.

I suggest you WhatsApp him and explain what you need and take his recommendation.

 

[Cdn_Gringo]

Any Ceducomp computer store has a selection of UPSs.

 

[josh2203]

Any Ceducomp computer store has a selection of UPSs.

I was just going to post this. Ceducommp in POP used to have a good selection. Bought two of them from them in the past. No complaints.

 

[josh2203]

As a side point, a solution I have been looking into for a good while, is trying shift to devices that accept power via USB-C and having appropriate power banks and other power sources that again provide USB-C. Reason for this is that UPSs convert AC to DC and then back to AC and decrease and increase voltage. All this contributes to huge loss of power. If you keep it in DC and low voltage (so, USB), then you need much smaller batter to provide much more power. We have just recently bought an Anker Prime power bank, it's the size of a hot-dog, or a bit less and powers my laptop, for instance, for hours. And you can get adapters for USB-C -> laptop rather easily if your laptop does not yet accept power via USB-C natively.

There are also network devices that accept power via USB-C, but those are not that common.

Just a tip...

 

[Uzin]

Thanks for the recommendations, I check them out...

For small computer and Internet equipments power banks probably work. I need something to keep the TV too, that's a bit more watt..., even my TV when reboots takes ages to come back up...!

 

[MariaRubia]

Thanks for the recommendations, I check them out...

For small computer and Internet equipments power banks probably work. I need something to keep the TV too, that's a bit more watt..., even my TV when reboots takes ages to come back up...!

Yes, exactly, that's why you need to talk to someone to get them to size up exactly what kit you need. My iMac is like a TV and I've never managed to power it for more than a few seconds on a UPS before, but after looking into it with the company I mentioned, they sold me the right piece of kit and I've not looked back.

 

[Uzin]

I found a small UPS in CeduComp 500VA/250w, called Forza, they have a website forzaups.com, it claimed can hold for 18min, which is way more than the 30 seconds I need (TV is only 75w and others less than 10w).

I wonder if anyone used UPS from these guys, my only concern is that my equipments lived through 10 times a day power cut and generator kick in, I don't want to put something with voltage irregularity to kill them.

I remember TVs specially were not lasting long here some 20 years ago due to bad voltage and constant spikes and power cuts. If anything UPS should actually help in this respect, but if well-made...!?

 

[bob saunders]

I found a small UPS in CeduComp 500VA/250w, called Forza, they have a website forzaups.com, it claimed can hold for 18min, which is way more than the 30 seconds I need (TV is only 75w and others less than 10w).

I wonder if anyone used UPS from these guys, my only concern is that my equipments lived through 10 times a day power cut and generator kick in, I don't want to put something with voltage irregularity to kill them.

I remember TVs specially were not lasting long here some 20 years ago due to bad voltage and constant spikes and power cuts. If anything UPS should actually help in this respect, but if well-made...!?

We use forza ups in the school, and they seem to last about 5 years but work well for that time.

 

[josh2203]

I found a small UPS in CeduComp 500VA/250w, called Forza, they have a website forzaups.com, it claimed can hold for 18min, which is way more than the 30 seconds I need (TV is only 75w and others less than 10w).

I wonder if anyone used UPS from these guys, my only concern is that my equipments lived through 10 times a day power cut and generator kick in, I don't want to put something with voltage irregularity to kill them.

I remember TVs specially were not lasting long here some 20 years ago due to bad voltage and constant spikes and power cuts. If anything UPS should actually help in this respect, but if well-made...!?

We have had several of exactly those units from Ceducommp. Can only recommend, they also sell replacement batteries. They were like 5k pesos each at that time... 18 minutes with tv connected sounds about right... I had not heard from that brand before purchasing those, only was aware of this APC brand, but it turned out just fine. We first purchased one, tested for a while and then purchased more...

We had one connected only to our router, and it lasted several hours...

 

[JD Jones]

Great thing about UPS's is when the battery dies (or before, hint-hint), you can adapt a larger battery of the same voltage to increase the amount of time they'll supply current.

 

[josh2203]

Great thing about UPS's is when the battery dies (or before, hint-hint), you can adapt a larger battery of the same voltage to increase the amount of time they'll supply current.

True, and the wiring at least on these Forza UPSs is easy to work on... So with the UPS, you're basically just buying the transformer and then can "upgrade" manually, as long as voltage stays the same...

 

[Bred]

You need to remember not to overload UPS with higher than rated load. Yes, you can connect a car battery to hold the load much longer, but the contacts of the electromagnetic relay that flips the load will burn if you connect something heavy. And of course, the bigger battery capacity need more time to charge than standard battery.