wkearney99
Senior Member
Along with power strips, eventually we get around to dealing with powering the devices reliably. There's a ton of different UPSes out there. I've had more than my share of random brands over the years. APC tends to remain 'less problematic' but their monitoring was/is expensive and their software usually sucks.
But since a lot of gear is now either 12v or 5v (usb) there's room for considering not bothering with wall warts at all, and going with direct DC power. Which since most UPSes use 12v batteries inside, well, why not use a DC UPS instead?
Cyberpower seems to offer a range of gizmos here:
http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/telecom-equipment.html
Anyone made use of one of these for powering automation gear?
But since a lot of gear is now either 12v or 5v (usb) there's room for considering not bothering with wall warts at all, and going with direct DC power. Which since most UPSes use 12v batteries inside, well, why not use a DC UPS instead?
Cyberpower seems to offer a range of gizmos here:
http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/telecom-equipment.html
Anyone made use of one of these for powering automation gear?