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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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[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile, I've had nothing but trouble with consumer APC and find Cyberpower's bullet proof. Had one that went 10yrs before any issues, and a second with 3+ and counting, no problem.

An alternative to both is the burgeoning battery banks for camping/emergency power. Most of these offer UPS quality switching times, so they can act as a UPS when not in use for an emergency. Ecoflow/ anker solix/etc. A big advantage of these is the battery chemistry is very long lived and much better than UPS lead acid. Dont expect a pure sinewave, but you weren't going to get that from most consumer UPS anyway.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm still looking for a good UPS that can run on 12 V DC from the car's outlet and power usb devices

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This Anker does all of the above. Its switching speed is 10ms, so it fits the UPS niche as well.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not mine is a pure sine wave. More expensive then an inline ups though.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Why not

More expensive