CompuServe Thread

Greg, Give DRS Power Products a call. Their number is 1-800-284-0345. They have an ad in Computer Shopper's May issue, page 253. Here is a price list of the models shown. Power Retail Sale Price For use with 350 WATTS $549 $249 Single PC 600 WATTS $699 $368 2 PC's & FILE SERVER 1000 WATTS $1099 $549 Workstations Each model has a battery charge meter with discharge protection. Load Meter with Electronic Overload Protection. Novell Compatible Network Option – $30.00 Extended Runtime Models Available 2 Year Warranty Built-in Siurge Suppressor – Rapid Battery Recharge 2 Millisecond Switching – RFI/EMI Filtering If you call them Marie will FAX you the specs. or mail them to you. I know her name because I called for the info, I'm not an employee of the company nor do I endorse the product, since I haven't bought one yet. The output is a modified square wave. chris AT&G

Greg– I have DataShield 300 Watt UPS and it works well. It is a standby power unit as opposed to a continuous UPS. For situations where brownouts are a way of life, a good unit to get would be the TrippLite OmniPower. It combines a standby UPS with a constant voltage transformer. They have 2 sizes: 400 and 1200 watt. One of these days I plan to sell my UPS and get the OmniPower 1200 watt unit (it costs approx $750), but so far I don't have any direct experience with it. It gives you a nice feeling to keep right on working when the power drops out momentarily. Tom