WEBVTT 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:15.440 Welcome to my unboxing of a product that if you guys are consumers, unless you 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:17.760 are very high-end consumers, this may 00:00:15.440 --> 00:00:22.160 not be in the realm of sort of what you would buy, but if you're an SMB or if 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:26.160 you are or yeah, once again, a very high-end consumer, something like this 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:31.199 might appeal to you. So, I've done a couple UPS unboxings in the past on NCIX 00:00:29.439 --> 00:00:35.280 Tech Tips. We have done an episode about what is a UPS, what is what is the 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:38.559 point. Um, however, we're going to cover a little bit of that again and we're 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:42.879 going to cover a little bit of what makes this particular one special. So, 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:48.160 this is a UPS from OPUPS. You can see it uses soft foam packaging. However, a 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:53.760 fairly hard soft foam because these things are heavy. They are serious 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:58.320 businessheavy because they have very very heavy batteries inside them that 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:01.920 keep your computer running for minutes at a time in the event of a power 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:05.920 outage. So, let's go through some of the accessories first before we get into a 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:11.119 little bit more. We got phone line. So, that'll prevent surges from affecting 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:15.119 your phone serial cable in case you actually still want to manage your UPS 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:20.240 via serial. We've also got their Sentinel software included which is 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:24.720 compatible with a wide variety of operating 00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:26.119 systems. We have a users guide for the 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:32.960 durable series DS1000, 1500, 2000, and 3000. Okay. And 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:38.320 let's go ahead and take this one out. So, the one we have here is the 00:01:35.720 --> 00:01:44.560 DS-1500B. It is, you know what, really heavy. Give me a sec, guys. So, the DS 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:46.720 1500B can run for about 5 minutes on a 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:52.560 full load, assuming that you are actually pulling 1,50 watts from it at 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:56.159 the time that uh that the power fails or whatever else. So, in the event that you 00:01:54.320 --> 00:01:59.040 have a very high-end gaming machine or something hooked up to it and you're 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.960 actually doing something intensive, you have video rendering in the background while you're playing a game, you 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:08.640 actually have a few minutes to close everything down and then you buy 00:02:06.479 --> 00:02:13.360 yourself a little bit more time in order to shut down the computer properly 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:17.440 because when it's at a 50% load, it can actually run for about 15 minutes, about 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:21.760 14 minutes. So, I didn't mention before, but 1500 volt amps is basically 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:25.680 equivalent to 1,50 watts. So, unless you have a really high-end computer, this is 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:30.160 pretty much going to do it for you. It's also a double conversion design, which 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:34.400 means that there is zero transfer time during a power outages, eliminating any 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:39.920 possible downtime. Now, let's have a look at the unit physically. You can see on the back, we've got two groups of 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:44.400 outlets. We've got a total of six outlets. We've also got a 15 amp circuit 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:49.599 breaker. So, in the event that you actually overload the unit itself, 00:02:46.480 --> 00:02:51.120 although I'd imagine I mean it's it's a 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:57.040 I guess if you're doing a pure pass through, you could actually pull more than 15 amps from it, but 15 amps would 00:02:54.160 --> 00:03:00.480 be more than the actual capacity that it's able to sustain off the battery 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:05.280 itself. So, you wouldn't really want to overload it any more than that, 150 W 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:10.319 because you're not going to get the benefit should the power actually fail. 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:13.760 which isn't to say that you don't get any benefit from it if it doesn't 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:18.480 provide a battery backup because this particular unit will actually clean the 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:24.400 power that is going through it and can dynamically switch between battery mode 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.280 which would be online mode and just a pass through mode in order to make sure 00:03:26.239 --> 00:03:32.000 that if there's some kind of fluctuation. For example, if you guys know what a brownout is, that's where 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:35.200 the lights kind of flicker a little bit because the electricity in your house 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:40.560 just goes a little bit wonky. Maybe someone turned on the microwave or the clothes dryer, whatever the case may be. 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:44.560 This will completely protect the equipment that is connected to it by 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:49.280 dynamically switching what mode it's in in order to make sure it's as clean as 00:03:46.720 --> 00:03:54.640 possible. It also will correct the power going through it and is compatible 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:59.439 because it is a pure sinewave unit with any devices, even power supplies that 00:03:57.200 --> 00:04:02.720 use active power factor correction, which is pretty much any modern power 00:04:00.959 --> 00:04:06.480 supply. You can see it has an LCD readout on the front as well as a couple 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:10.319 limited buttons. Not a whole lot here. Just giving you indications of the major 00:04:08.239 --> 00:04:14.239 things that can go wrong with it. It has a dynamically controlled fan, so in 00:04:13.040 --> 00:04:20.160 theory it shouldn't get too loud, although this is a serious piece of equipment and in general when you get 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:25.680 past the consumer level stuff, you know, it tends to be not all that quiet. This 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:31.759 is mostly recommended for use on things like servers, even medical equipment, 00:04:28.479 --> 00:04:34.160 boats, or like I said again, very, very 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:38.639 high-end consumer stuff. It also has an optional SM SNMP card available, so you 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:42.720 can do network and remote monitoring the up of the UPS via web browser. And check 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.840 this out, emergency power route. It's taped down, so hopefully you won't 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:51.040 accidentally hit it, but this will actually bypass any of the shutdown 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:54.240 procedures that the UPS has if you go ahead and pull it out. We've got our 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:59.680 serial port there. Remember, it had a serial cable with it. Although, I definitely figured that for most modern 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:04.720 systems, you're going to be using USB, which isn't to say you won't use serial because there's a lot of stuff that does 00:05:02.400 --> 00:05:11.880 still use serial as well. We've got our Ethernet in and out, as well as I think 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:14.320 that's pretty much it for the 00:05:11.880 --> 00:05:17.840 back. So, I was complaining it was heavy before. Just so you guys know, it 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:21.919 actually weighs about 40 lb. It has some other pretty cool features including 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:25.680 managing the battery so it's at a 100% charge all the time as well as managing 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:29.600 the battery in the event that it's running off of battery mode. So if the 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:33.840 power fails or goes completely haywire in some kind of way that would damage 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:37.840 your equipment. It actually prevents the battery from going completely dead which 00:05:36.479 --> 00:05:40.880 can damage it. Now I want to clarify something I said before. Sorry I said 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:45.120 online meant it was running off the battery. I know online refers to the 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:50.240 instantaneous switching in the event that it does need to run off of the 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:53.759 battery. So, sorry about that. I think that pretty much covers everything that 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:57.919 I wanted to say about this guy. One of the things that we're actually going to 00:05:55.120 --> 00:06:01.280 be using it for on top of protecting our equipment here in the TechTips lab is 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:04.639 we're going to be using it to monitor power consumption when we do some of our 00:06:02.960 --> 00:06:07.840 videos where we're comparing the power consumption of various parts because the 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:12.160 equipment that we've been using to measure it in the past has been pretty 00:06:09.919 --> 00:06:15.199 cheesy stuff like 15 bucks at sort of the local Walmart kind of thing. So, 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:20.319 we're going to get away from that and we're going to start using this guy or one of its younger brothers, uh, 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:24.319 depending on which lab we're working out of, in order to measure the power 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:28.800 consumption that we're drawing from the wall. And the other effect that that 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.720 will have is it will also clean the power it's delivering to the computer. 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:35.919 So, it'll it'll protect us in the event of something like when we're flashing 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:39.120 BIOSes and we corrupt a BIOS, which we've had happen because the power went 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:44.240 out while we were doing it. We like freaked out. Fortunately, the board had a BIOS switch, so we managed to salvage 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:47.360 the board. It'll protect us from that. It'll make our equipment last longer 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:51.039 because we're delivering more stable power to it. And it'll also give us 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:54.560 better readings because the wall power can fluctuate which will actually when 00:06:53.039 --> 00:07:00.400 the voltages fluctuate, it can actually affect the power consumption a little bit if the device is connected because 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:04.479 there's some wonkiness involved in the conversion. Because this is going to 00:07:01.840 --> 00:07:09.520 clean it and provide exactly 120 volts output at all or 115 volts output at any 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:13.440 given time. We should also get more stable numbers, especially when we're 00:07:11.440 --> 00:07:17.039 trying to do things like measure the idle power consumption or the load power 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:21.360 consumption of a gaming machine. So, thank you for checking out this 00:07:19.400 --> 00:07:23.680 unboxing and don't forget to subscribe to L's Tech Tips for more unboxings, 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:28.400 reviews, and other computer videos. And there's a couple things I forgot actually. It has user replaceable 00:07:26.479 --> 00:07:31.919 battery. There's an available extended battery and in additional to the 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:36.000 available like extended battery, you can also run an external battery so you can 00:07:34.400 --> 00:07:39.840 power the equipment that is plugged into it for hours at a time.