I’m running a rather small homelab and am hunting for a good UPS to help keep everything running smoothly. My top priorities are:
Just enough battery life to keep things running until they can be shut down
Compatible with open source software for monitoring and automated shutdown
Would I have better luck getting a used one and a new battery, or a brand new unit altogether? Anyone have one they don’t need anymore, on that note? 👀
Can you imagine a datacenter replacing them that often?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very good advice to remind folks these batteries are a wear item, and to be be prepared to replace them, but if you’re having to replace them at 18 months, I’d be looking for a different, not junk, brand.
Maybe 2 years, if I have bad power so it’s being used, a lot.
I can only imagine batteries wearing this fast because the UPS is cheap and doesn’t have pass-through design, and instead uses the batteries constantly to provide power conditioning.
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12-18 mo?
Can you imagine a datacenter replacing them that often?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very good advice to remind folks these batteries are a wear item, and to be be prepared to replace them, but if you’re having to replace them at 18 months, I’d be looking for a different, not junk, brand.
Maybe 2 years, if I have bad power so it’s being used, a lot.
I can only imagine batteries wearing this fast because the UPS is cheap and doesn’t have pass-through design, and instead uses the batteries constantly to provide power conditioning.
Yes, we are talking of cheap ups… :)