This is a detailed post so please bear with me.
We used to have a 850VA pure sine wave inverter with an Exide 150AH Tubular battery which conked off a couple of months ago. With the old setup, we could run 3 fans, 2-3 tubelights and a 40" LED TV for about 2-2.5 hours without issues. Also, my PC was backed up by the inverter with a spike buster in between. When the power goes off, the switch over was so quick that the PC would still keep working (much like an UPS). I never felt the need to purchase a dedicated UPS so far.
After it went bust, my father purchased the replacement in a hurry, which isn't working out well. He got a Microtek 875VA inverter connected to a 135AH Exide battery. Now this inverter isn't sine wave and so when the power goes off, my PC restarts. I also have my seagate dockstar, a couple of external HDDs, modem and wifi router plugged into it is. So its a big headache when the power goes off as all these switch off or restart. Instead of buying a separate UPS just for these, I was thinking I could sell off the old one and get a pure sine wave inverter which would hopefully solve the problem.
My questions:
1) Is my understanding of the situation correct? Is the switch over seamless in a sine wave inverter?
2) I am looking at the APC BI850SINE UPS to replace the Microtek one. But I'm keeping the same battery. Is this a good option? Is APC worth the premium you end up paying over other brands like Sukam, etc?
Any input on this appreciated!
We used to have a 850VA pure sine wave inverter with an Exide 150AH Tubular battery which conked off a couple of months ago. With the old setup, we could run 3 fans, 2-3 tubelights and a 40" LED TV for about 2-2.5 hours without issues. Also, my PC was backed up by the inverter with a spike buster in between. When the power goes off, the switch over was so quick that the PC would still keep working (much like an UPS). I never felt the need to purchase a dedicated UPS so far.
After it went bust, my father purchased the replacement in a hurry, which isn't working out well. He got a Microtek 875VA inverter connected to a 135AH Exide battery. Now this inverter isn't sine wave and so when the power goes off, my PC restarts. I also have my seagate dockstar, a couple of external HDDs, modem and wifi router plugged into it is. So its a big headache when the power goes off as all these switch off or restart. Instead of buying a separate UPS just for these, I was thinking I could sell off the old one and get a pure sine wave inverter which would hopefully solve the problem.
My questions:
1) Is my understanding of the situation correct? Is the switch over seamless in a sine wave inverter?
2) I am looking at the APC BI850SINE UPS to replace the Microtek one. But I'm keeping the same battery. Is this a good option? Is APC worth the premium you end up paying over other brands like Sukam, etc?
Any input on this appreciated!