Tag : lcd 120v, back ups, rs 1300va

Company : APC List Price : $255.65 Amazon Price : Too low to display Used Price : Average customer review :

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Features

• Product Type - UPS
• Connectivity - (2) NEMA 5-15R, (6) NEMA 5-15R
• Nominal Output Voltage -- 120V
• Output Frequency (sync to mains) -- 60 Hz

Product Description

The Back-UPS RS 1300 with integrated Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) features an advanced LCD panel that provides status information, including more than 20 status indicators that give available runtime, load and a power event counter. Additionally, surge protection, battery backup, automatic voltage regulation (AVR) and award-winning management software make the Back-UPS RS 1300 LCD ideal solution for protecting home and business users from data loss caused by power problems.The Back-UPS RS 1300 LCD offers high performance protection for your home and business computer systems. This unit provides abundant battery back up power, allowing users to work through medium and extended power outages with runtimes of up to 136 minutes, depending on the units' load. With eight outlets, six with battery backup and two with surge protection only, the Back-UPS RS also safeguards equipment from damaging surges and spikes that travel along utility, phone and coax cable lines.The Back-UPS RS series features AVR, which adjusts low voltages to safe levels, so consumers can work indefinitely during brownouts. In addition, APC's PowerChute Personal Edition software gracefully powers down the computer system automatically in the event of an extended power outage. A distinctive feature of the BR1300LCD is the liquid crystal display (LCD) visual indicators and audible alarms, which makes it easy for the user to operate the unit.

Customer reviews

Has a major flaw and is NOT UL-Listed
The purpose of this unit is to: 1) supply power for a limited time in the event of power problems (blackout, brownout, overvoltage, etc.) so that you can perform a manual, controlled shutdown of your equipment, and 2) perform an automated shutdown (actually, perform a "hibernation" shutdown) if you are not present. But BEWARE: if you have a larger system, one that takes more than two minutes to complete its hibernation "save" process, the UPS will shut power off before the hibernation process is complete leaving you with no checkpoint recovery. You will get a Windows shutdown but any running programs will probably lose data. This is because the time that the UPS allows for hibernaton to complete is FIXED at 2 minutes and there is no way to change this. I discovered this problem during testing and APC's tech support confirmed this limitiation and recommended that I buy one of their "Smart-UPS" systems instead which has an time allowance that can be set. Just test your "time to hibernate" before you buy, and consider what may happen if you upgrade to a larger system down the road.

In addition, I discovered that the "1300" series of APC Back-UPS models are not UL-listed (Underwriters Laboratories) for ANY standard, including UL-1449, which is an important safety and performance standard for TVSS (transient voltage surge suppressors). I was fooled into thinking that it was by the verbage "meets UL 1449" on APC's website. "Meets" is self-determined and does not mean "tested and listed". I called tech support and asked for a UL certification number and they confirmed that there was none.

Great Backup!
I have tried 2 different brands of UPS units and this is by far the best I have tried. So far it has worked like it should with no problems.
Would highly recommend it. When you buy one, make sure it is going to be powerful enough for future expansion!