Hey guys, Which UPSes do you use at home? My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office... I would appreciate all your recommendations
Hi Peter, Purely depends on what Equipment you want the UPS to cover and of course how long. On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey guys, Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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Peter, We have a variety; Mecer, APC, Sollate, etc For me, Sollatek is the best UPS, comes with a 24 month electonic & 6 month battery warranty. Don't think there is a better offer than that. There is 600, 800, 1000,.........VA, depending the power you want it to support? Bravo
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APC & EATON rule the UPS world in EMEA. Two year warranty including batteries :-) On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Riggson87 via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Peter,
We have a variety; Mecer, APC, Sollate, etc For me, Sollatek is the best UPS, comes with a 24 month electonic & 6 month battery warranty. Don't think there is a better offer than that.
There is 600, 800, 1000,.........VA, depending the power you want it to support?
Bravo
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first understand your power needs , get a proper electrician .. not the ones who wire your house ..a professional who can also understand your budget .. Call Moses Oluoch 0733734790 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
APC & EATON rule the UPS world in EMEA.
Two year warranty including batteries :-)
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Riggson87 via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Peter,
We have a variety; Mecer, APC, Sollate, etc For me, Sollatek is the best UPS, comes with a 24 month electonic & 6 month battery warranty. Don't think there is a better offer than that.
There is 600, 800, 1000,.........VA, depending the power you want it to support?
Bravo
On Jan 13, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
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Try work out btwn ups and inverter evaluate the cost benefit and settle for one. To me an inverter is a better solution if you have space for the batteries. Oliver On Jan 13, 2016 3:59 PM, "Riggson87 via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Peter,
We have a variety; Mecer, APC, Sollate, etc For me, Sollatek is the best UPS, comes with a 24 month electonic & 6 month battery warranty. Don't think there is a better offer than that.
There is 600, 800, 1000,.........VA, depending the power you want it to support?
Bravo
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If it is just for a PC, and for 10 minutes or so - just to save stuff and shut down - get a UPS. Line interactive type - size in VA should be twice the power rating of the PC PSU in Watts, plus 20% So - if your PC is 250W, then a 600VA (or larger) line interactive UPS would be correct. If you want extended runtime, then an inverter/charger plus batteries is the way to go. Trace is good, and Chloride/Exide solar batteries are a good medium price solution. Beware of putting batteries in parallel - you can easily end up with an explosion as the batteries age. Better to get bigger capacity batteries - in series, up to the required voltage. Chloride has a 12V 200Ah battery which I think is their largest, for about 35k On 14/01/2016, Oliver Ndegwa via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Try work out btwn ups and inverter evaluate the cost benefit and settle for one. To me an inverter is a better solution if you have space for the batteries.
Oliver On Jan 13, 2016 3:59 PM, "Riggson87 via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Peter,
We have a variety; Mecer, APC, Sollate, etc For me, Sollatek is the best UPS, comes with a 24 month electonic & 6 month battery warranty. Don't think there is a better offer than that.
There is 600, 800, 1000,.........VA, depending the power you want it to support?
Bravo
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Get an inverter-charger with a 12v battery. A sufficient combination will give you 8-10hrs of lighting, laptop and even TV. On Jan 14, 2016 6:00 AM, "Tony White via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
If it is just for a PC, and for 10 minutes or so - just to save stuff and shut down - get a UPS. Line interactive type - size in VA should be twice the power rating of the PC PSU in Watts, plus 20% So - if your PC is 250W, then a 600VA (or larger) line interactive UPS would be correct.
If you want extended runtime, then an inverter/charger plus batteries is the way to go. Trace is good, and Chloride/Exide solar batteries are a good medium price solution.
Beware of putting batteries in parallel - you can easily end up with an explosion as the batteries age. Better to get bigger capacity batteries - in series, up to the required voltage. Chloride has a 12V 200Ah battery which I think is their largest, for about 35k
On 14/01/2016, Oliver Ndegwa via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Try work out btwn ups and inverter evaluate the cost benefit and settle for one. To me an inverter is a better solution if you have space for the batteries.
Oliver On Jan 13, 2016 3:59 PM, "Riggson87 via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Peter,
We have a variety; Mecer, APC, Sollate, etc For me, Sollatek is the best UPS, comes with a 24 month electonic & 6 month battery warranty. Don't think there is a better offer than that.
There is 600, 800, 1000,.........VA, depending the power you want it to support?
Bravo
On Jan 13, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
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Inverter may be a better option On 13 Jan 2016 14:57, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey guys, Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
^ what he said. If you only want to backup a few items (TV + lights only) etc then a UPS will work. If you want to backup almost the entire house then you'll probably need an inverter. Tip. Don't skimp on batteries, a good set of batteries will serve you a long while. The cheap ones will last a year or so and you'll have replace them. Seen some batteries that are still in use that were bought in 2007. Regards, John K. On 14 January 2016 at 09:00, awatila--- via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Inverter may be a better option
On 13 Jan 2016 14:57, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
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My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time
I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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Inverters available to Peter :-) On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM, awatila--- via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Inverter may be a better option
On 13 Jan 2016 14:57, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hey guys, Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time
I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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Hi peter, We have this solution that can run 12 hours after power balck out. This will cost you KSH 80,000 Regards Martin From: Peter Karunyu via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:57 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: [Skunkworks] Home UPS advice Hey guys, Which UPSes do you use at home? My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office... I would appreciate all your recommendations --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
Thanks guys for the information. The solution will be just for one Macbook, a printer and charging a phone. It will NOT be for lights (Macbook backlight, but do I say :-), nor for TV or any other household appliances. 80k is a little ways out of my budget range, so I assume an UPS. So APC, EATON and Sollatek. Is there a rough guide I can use to know which one I need between 600, 800 or 1000? Also, I wouldn't mind knowing the prices of each On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Martin Mugambi <martinmugambi07@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi peter,
We have this solution that can run 12 hours after power balck out. This will cost you KSH 80,000
Regards
Martin
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Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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@Martin ,Kindly inbox the solution to me .. On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Martin Mugambi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hi peter,
We have this solution that can run 12 hours after power balck out. This will cost you KSH 80,000
Regards
Martin
*From:* Peter Karunyu via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:57 PM *To:* Skunkworks forum *Subject:* [Skunkworks] Home UPS advice
Hey guys,
Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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Talking of inverters, I am in urgent need of one.Please refer me to any dealer. Thanks, Peter K. On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:20 AM, geoffrey gitagia via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
@Martin ,Kindly inbox the solution to me ..
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Martin Mugambi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hi peter,
We have this solution that can run 12 hours after power balck out. This will cost you KSH 80,000
Regards
Martin
*From:* Peter Karunyu via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:57 PM *To:* Skunkworks forum *Subject:* [Skunkworks] Home UPS advice
Hey guys,
Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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Try Go Solar Ltd <http://www.gosolarltd.com/contact_us.html>. Regards, John K. On 14 January 2016 at 15:50, Peter Kirui via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Talking of inverters, I am in urgent need of one.Please refer me to any dealer.
Thanks, Peter K.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:20 AM, geoffrey gitagia via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
@Martin ,Kindly inbox the solution to me ..
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Martin Mugambi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hi peter,
We have this solution that can run 12 hours after power balck out. This will cost you KSH 80,000
Regards
Martin
*From:* Peter Karunyu via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:57 PM *To:* Skunkworks forum *Subject:* [Skunkworks] Home UPS advice
Hey guys,
Which UPSes do you use at home?
My area has started experiencing regular blackouts, just about the time I wanted to setup a small home office...
I would appreciate all your recommendations
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