all right so you guys have been raging at me about all the networking especially Powerline networking topics
that we've been doing so we're taking a break and we're going to be doing a
fiesta of uninterruptible power supplies so today we have an APC unit APC is one
of the better known brands for upses are uninterruptible power supplies they've
got a lot of information on their box here so we're going to go ahead and
break the seals and then see what APC has to say about themselves for this
particular power saving battery backup
here we go so first of all it is 1,000 volt amp so that is up to 600 watts of
power that can be driven off of the battery of this unit with up to 121
minutes of runtime I guarantee you that is not with 600 watts but that is more
of a maximum eight Outlets with a three-year warranty as well as AVR
technology this prevents damage and loss of computers and peripherals internet
modems and wireless routers okay sure why not photo music and video libraries
yeah if you you know plug in your um your video library Appliance to it
external storage uh you can also save up to $45 see the back panel for details
interesting annual Energy savings okay how much run time aha here we go uh so
18 minutes with a graphics workstation approximately 240 WTS you know PC LCD
monitor speakers Etc I would say that's pretty conservative I I can can
definitely build a computer that can uh suck more than 240 Watts from it but
we'll we'll get to that when we do look at that though 40 Watts 40 watts is
their 121 minute quote interesting what do we got back
here oh wow best-in-class APC Peace of Mind covers your entire back ups for
three years and offers $150,000 lifetime equipment protection policy cool gigabit
Ethernet and coax surge protection good to have four battery backup Outlets with
surge protection as well as I guess four that do not have battery backup yep okay
cold start capability allows you to power up the unit for temporary emergency battery power when utility
power is already out cool automatic diagnostic testing okay ensures that
your back UPS is ready when you need it push button circuit breaker yep
efficient charging system recharges your back UPS in8 hours and ensures your
critical equipment remains available when the power goes out cool easy to
read LCD powerwoot personal Edition O
software to help you automatically shut down if the power turns out so you don't
you know lose your work or whatever else building wiring F indicator for surge
protection only Outlets automatic voltage regulation corrects incoming
utility power without utilizing the battery very good that can help make
your equipment um last longer and it's true
because even if you have pretty good power in your house or building or
wherever you happen to be got some included accessories here including a
coax cable of all things um even if you have pretty good power
there is still a chance that the slight fluctuations that happen on a daily
basis or even an hourly basis can overtime cause damage to your computer
or monitor or whatever else that you have plugged directly into the wall look
at that huh cool check this out comes with a little QA test receipt thing
showing that it passed all of the various tests set battery constants
input output phase angle capactive load verification cool overall pass it's
actually signed by some guy whose name is apparently V all right stop halt
something connect battery oh okay so if
you don't connect the battery that's that's bad so uh okay how to
do okay so the battery is we have to
pull off some kind of hold on a
minute why don't you guys give me a moment
yeah so um the reason I couldn't find anything that slid or moved was because
the sticker was obviously covering it the sticker doesn't come off very
cleanly which is a minor complaint but
you know you unbox a lot of Hardware you
develop a lot of minor complaints uh so basically this part just comes off yeah
whatever it comes off and then what you do to connect the battery is lift and
pull the
tabs then flip it over
man it's heavy lead battery there we go
and
sweet there we are okay so let's have a look at the unit itself for optimal
power saving settings and recommended outlet configuration see the manual okay
good to know and then other than that we've got a speaker button on the front
so I'm guessing that's to silence the alarm power as well as um like a menu
looking sort of button on the back we
find Ethernet cable USB and Cal oh okay
I guess it comes with like an adapter or
something yep neat building wiring fault
as well as surge protection only and battery backup as well as circuit
breaker push to reset so I'm guessing this is controlled by software in here
so that's kind of neat and then you got like a nice beefy cord coming off of it
so thank you for checking out my unboxing of and I never actually said
the model of this thing did I terrible
this is the APC back UPS Pro 1000 and
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