Recent content by rphair

I was thinking of @ibose's perhaps prematurely depleted battery so I resolved to turn the BU600E power switch off every night, to keep the battery cool, and start it again in the morning. I learned 2 things from this: 1 - The device was always still as warm as its usual temperature even after...

Important amendment to my statement above: after running down my UPS battery deliberately in testing for my last post, the on-battery alarm mute was not remembered. My guess is that the battery powers a volatile RAM that stores such settings: because deliberately turning the device off, while...

@intruderfps I'm just testing it new & fully charged, with a modest non-gaming setup (power estimates only; I don't have an ammeter): 100W = 17 inch Acer TUF gaming laptop (office use only: GPU mostly idle, display fully dimmed) 50W = Asus 32 inch external monitor 15W = H600GM-A PON wifi &...

thanks @ibose & @smaratha for your recommendations & experience. The most recommended small calibre UPS for silencing the alarm is in fact the CyberPower BU600E and it works exactly as everyone said. The product manual has gone through some generations & this method of silencing the alarm is...

I'm posting in this same category since I found a similar thread here (really helpful, but without a specific answer to this question): https://techenclave.com/threads/ups-for-someone-who-hates-apc.215197 — I need to find the cheapest & best UPS (we only need the minimum 600VA) that I can...