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Budget Homelab UPS Recommendations? (Used or New) (leminal.space)

submitted 2 years ago by fenndev@leminal.space to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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? 👀

Thanks for the advice!

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[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Used UPS's show up from time to time. I recently found a craigslist posting with 6 all of which were in decent shape needing some cleaning, and new batteries.

Batteries are the rub since they only last about 5 years so most used ones need new batteries. Good news is its not that hard to replace them as long as you take your time and pay attention.