APC BACK-UPS Pro 1000 Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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all right so you guys have been raging at me about all the networking especially Powerline networking topics
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that we've been doing so we're taking a break and we're going to be doing a
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fiesta of uninterruptible power supplies so today we have an APC unit APC is one
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of the better known brands for upses are uninterruptible power supplies they've
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got a lot of information on their box here so we're going to go ahead and
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break the seals and then see what APC has to say about themselves for this
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particular power saving battery backup
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here we go so first of all it is 1,000 volt amp so that is up to 600 watts of
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power that can be driven off of the battery of this unit with up to 121
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minutes of runtime I guarantee you that is not with 600 watts but that is more
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of a maximum eight Outlets with a three-year warranty as well as AVR
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technology this prevents damage and loss of computers and peripherals internet
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modems and wireless routers okay sure why not photo music and video libraries
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yeah if you you know plug in your um your video library Appliance to it
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external storage uh you can also save up to $45 see the back panel for details
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interesting annual Energy savings okay how much run time aha here we go uh so
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18 minutes with a graphics workstation approximately 240 WTS you know PC LCD
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monitor speakers Etc I would say that's pretty conservative I I can can
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definitely build a computer that can uh suck more than 240 Watts from it but
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we'll we'll get to that when we do look at that though 40 Watts 40 watts is
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their 121 minute quote interesting what do we got back
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here oh wow best-in-class APC Peace of Mind covers your entire back ups for
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three years and offers $150,000 lifetime equipment protection policy cool gigabit
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Ethernet and coax surge protection good to have four battery backup Outlets with
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surge protection as well as I guess four that do not have battery backup yep okay
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cold start capability allows you to power up the unit for temporary emergency battery power when utility
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power is already out cool automatic diagnostic testing okay ensures that
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your back UPS is ready when you need it push button circuit breaker yep
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efficient charging system recharges your back UPS in8 hours and ensures your
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critical equipment remains available when the power goes out cool easy to
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read LCD powerwoot personal Edition O
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software to help you automatically shut down if the power turns out so you don't
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you know lose your work or whatever else building wiring F indicator for surge
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protection only Outlets automatic voltage regulation corrects incoming
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utility power without utilizing the battery very good that can help make
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your equipment um last longer and it's true
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because even if you have pretty good power in your house or building or
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wherever you happen to be got some included accessories here including a
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coax cable of all things um even if you have pretty good power
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there is still a chance that the slight fluctuations that happen on a daily
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basis or even an hourly basis can overtime cause damage to your computer
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or monitor or whatever else that you have plugged directly into the wall look
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at that huh cool check this out comes with a little QA test receipt thing
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showing that it passed all of the various tests set battery constants
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input output phase angle capactive load verification cool overall pass it's
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actually signed by some guy whose name is apparently V all right stop halt
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something connect battery oh okay so if
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you don't connect the battery that's that's bad so uh okay how to
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do okay so the battery is we have to
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pull off some kind of hold on a
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minute why don't you guys give me a moment
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yeah so um the reason I couldn't find anything that slid or moved was because
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the sticker was obviously covering it the sticker doesn't come off very
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cleanly which is a minor complaint but
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you know you unbox a lot of Hardware you
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develop a lot of minor complaints uh so basically this part just comes off yeah
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whatever it comes off and then what you do to connect the battery is lift and
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pull the
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tabs then flip it over
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man it's heavy lead battery there we go
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and
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sweet there we are okay so let's have a look at the unit itself for optimal
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power saving settings and recommended outlet configuration see the manual okay
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good to know and then other than that we've got a speaker button on the front
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so I'm guessing that's to silence the alarm power as well as um like a menu
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looking sort of button on the back we
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find Ethernet cable USB and Cal oh okay
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I guess it comes with like an adapter or
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something yep neat building wiring fault
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as well as surge protection only and battery backup as well as circuit
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breaker push to reset so I'm guessing this is controlled by software in here
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so that's kind of neat and then you got like a nice beefy cord coming off of it
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so thank you for checking out my unboxing of and I never actually said
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the model of this thing did I terrible
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this is the APC back UPS Pro 1000 and
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