Tag : apc back, battery backup, ups xs1500va

Company : APC List Price : $219.99 Amazon Price : $214.28 Used Price : Average customer review :

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Features

• 8 power outlets
• Telephone line surge protection
• Automatic Voltage Regulation ( AVR ) technology
• USB & Serial connectivity
• Includes PowerChute Personal Edition auto-shutdown software

Product Description

Ensure your office and computer gear a healthy diet of stable current, even amidst power interruptions up to 110 minutes in duration, with the AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION ( APC ) Back-UPS XS 1500 Battery Backup Unit. Free protection trial offers $150,000 Equipment Protection Policy and Data Recovery Warranty Two Year Product Warranty

Customer reviews

Works even in abnormal conditions
My computer system is mounted in the back of a box van, that provides a mobile wifi system wherever I go. This APC backup has proven to be durable, despite the dust, heat and vibration. I use it to power my computer while I travel from place to place, when I have no access to ac power.

There is only one flaw with this unit, that will not affect most users, it will not run on the modified sine wave power produced by most dc to ac inverters.

Other than that, this is a great ups.

Another "overload" malfunction
Same exact experience as Ruppman and 71 Torino - shows "overload" with only 1/5 capacity being used. Will not reset, battery replacement will not help, unit is a costly paperweight. Warranty probably expired (two years old). I could have made a much better purchase for $300.00... Not recommended. (also manuf in Bangladore)

Correction: My unit is the RS1500, not the XS1500. That said, units are essentially the same. (differences clearly explained in the RS1500 comments)

The real workhorse! Inservice non stop from 2002 and still alive!
Since 2002 and still alive! The battery is still alive, not so much as it was years before (of cause) but still give some respectable 30 min with all the stuff connected.
I am starting looking for a new APC unit but I'm very impressed with APC quality and durability.

Great Product, Neg Posters should have read manual
We have several of these APC UPSs at work. They all have worked wonderfully. We did however had a small problem with one of them on a Pentium D with dual monitors. The fix, quoted in this post was quite simple and easy to follow. Since at least two other posters for this product have given unwarranted poor ratings I felt compelled to post it here.

"I discovered the problem, which may be affecting other folk. This sort of UPS has "AVR" - automatic Voltage Regulation - when the wall voltage drops, the UPS boosts it. When the wall volts drops too far, the UPS starts using battery power in an attempt to keep its output voltage at 120V. One time, when restarting, I had the Kill-A-Watt meter measuring the Mac Pro's current - it hit 5 Amps and the UPS went onto battery, and then moments later into overload, and then shut down. Re-reading the UPS instructions, it appears that these machines can be set to respond to very minor wall voltage variations, average voltage variations, or only crass, major variations. There's a simple way of setting this (read the instructions for full info - available on the APC website). Mine was set to respond to the tiniest of wall-voltage variations - and that meant it saw the small voltage drop caused by the inrush current to the Mac Pro, went onto battery power, and commited elegant suicide.
Resetting it to allow crass, major variations has completely cured the problem. I may yet set it to respond to "average" variations."

Excellent UPS
I've been using several of these for years with my electronic equipment , from an SVS subwoofer, a Denon receiver, to a 1080P DLp set. I have all my electronic components attached to one of these. They have worked flawlessly. I also like that you can set it so the alarm doesn't come on when there is an outage. So you don't have to constantly hear the incessant beeping. Just use the Powerchute software to set it up and disable the alarm. And if you add the external APC battery pack(APC BR24BP) that Amazon sells you can get many more hours of ruuntime during an outage depending on the load.