[Nathan Eldred]

Anything out there under $500? Thanks guys.

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Nathan Eldred wrote:

there under $500?

Sure. Battery and a rotary converter. Seriously, how many watts?

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Regards,

Klay Anderson
http://www.klay.com
+801-942-8346

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Nathan Eldred wrote:

Anything out there under $500? Thanks guys.

How much current? How good a sine does it really need to be? Could
you survive with a ferroresonant regulator or a line conditioner instead
of a UPS?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

(Scott Dorsey) writes:

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Nathan Eldred wrote:

Anything out there under $500? Thanks guys.

How much current? How good a sine does it really need to be? Could
you survive with a ferroresonant regulator or a line conditioner instead
of a UPS?

Well, after additional research this past week and some good advice here
from Scott and others, we just plunked down US$490 for the little 500 VA
Liebert. (I say "little" -- that honker weighs 50 lbs!)

Our critical load will be around 290 VA, so it seems like a reasonable fit
with room to grow. And, as one rep pointed out, the more you oversize a
Sine UPS, the more signifcant the inefficiency becomes in your overall
power picture, given the power overhead of the system. (In general
they're supposed to be 85-90% efficient at full load, which isn't too
bad.)

If you want longer runtime, add batteries. Most of the sineUPS
systems support this.

Given a remote we did a while back, with 5-15 volt swings and who
knows what all else from the 80 year old wiring in that building, I will
*never* let that happen again. We finally got a recording, but I probably
aged 10 years that evening.

Assuming the Liebert does all it's supposed to do, it's money well spent
for location work.

Frank Stearns
Mobile Audio

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[Nathan Eldred]

Thanks Klay and Scott...

I've got an Equitech 1.5Q (15 amps) so I'm set in that specific area...my main purpose is for minor brownouts that happen once in a blue moon, or the twice a year complete power failure (sans the hurricanes!). We have wonderful storms here in Tampa Bay too, so once June hits I need to be prepared. The sine quality needs to be good enough where it doesn't effect the audio adversly, as if it wasn't there. It's a medium size mix room (28x16x2 console, 40u of Class A outboard, Ampex ATR two track, ADAM and PMC actives, computer), not sure how many watts are needed.

Originally Posted by Scott Dorsey

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Nathan Eldred wrote:

Anything out there under $500? Thanks guys.

How much current? How good a sine does it really need to be? Could
you survive with a ferroresonant regulator or a line conditioner instead
of a UPS?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Nathan Eldred" wrote in message
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Anything out there under $500? Thanks guys.


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Nathan Eldred

Hi Nathan,

I purchased this Tripp Lite model for my computers :
http://www.tripplite.com/products/pr...productID=2547

It has enough capacity to handle my internet computer, DAW computer,
external SCSI drive rack and three LCD monitors. I've never had a problem
with it. I use it rack mounted but you can use it as a 'tower' on the floor
too. It has a small cooling fan in it but it's only noticeable when the
computers are off and even then I doubt it would interfere with recording
etc unless it was within a foot of a mic recording something very soft.

I think they are around $700 list but you can easily find them between $400
and $500. Here's a couple places :

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...8952&CatId=235

http://newsite.pagecomputers.com/sto...ct%5Fid=240060

The best part ( for me! ;-) is that I got a deal on it a couple years ago on
Ebay. Brand new and only $175 ( her did over charge me a little on ground
shipping, $70, but it was still a great deal )

Best of luck!
--
John L Rice

Nathan Eldred wrote:
Anything out there under $500?

Oneac ON-400A-SN

Nathan Eldred wrote:

I've got an Equitech 1.5Q (15 amps) so I'm set in that specific
area.

In that case, you also have a big enough chunk of iron that a
mostly-sine-wave output will work fine (the extra harmonics will just
become heat and vibration in the Equitech.) You also get some extra
flywheel effect from all that iron so a standby UPS (rather than a full
online) should work well.



It's a medium size mix room (28x16x2 console, 40u of Class A
outboard, Ampex ATR two track, ADAM and PMC actives, computer), not
sure how many watts are needed.

A heckuva lot more then 400-600.


In this case (I can't believe I'm saying this), an APC might be your
best bet.

Nathan Eldred wrote:

there. It's a medium size mix room (28x16x2 console, 40u of Class A
outboard, Ampex ATR two track, ADAM and PMC actives, computer), not
sure how many watts are needed.

Go here and buy one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...onics&n=507846

The P3 International Kill-A-Watt is surprisingly accurate:

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/Kill-A-...ll-A-Watt.html

It can tell you much that will help size power distribution and backup
power.

bobs

Bob Smith
BS Studios
we organize chaos
http://www.bsstudios.com

Nathan Eldred wrote:

Anything out there under $500? Thanks guys.

Powerbright. 300 Watts for around $150:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

600 Watts for around $275:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

ProSine. 1000 Watts for around $500:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Good stuff.

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Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio
Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com
Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com
Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912