Hi. I recently moved house here in the UK and find that my mains power supply is a bit erratic: in three months I have had at least four very short (microsecond) outages, enough to immediately shut down my PC of course (mostly used for X-Plane flight simulator). I used to have a Cyberpower CP1300EPFCLD, some years ago, which was fine for a while, but stopped working after a couple of years (not a battery issue), which left me somewhat unimpressed.
I have been looking at Riello UPS units, recommended by criticalpowersupplies.co.uk; seems they have a five-year warranty, as opposed to Cyberpower's one, which is a very big advantage of course.
But I have a problem with the terminology used on the site. All I knew is that I want a pure sinewave model. The two UPS units recommended are not cheap (especially now I am retired): 1. Riello Sentinel Pro 1kVA Online 230V 2. Riello Sentinel Pro 700VA Online 230V
I am told these are 'double conversion'. Googling a term I have never heard before, that seems to be a good thing! But are they pure sinewave? Or is that the same thing (??). Some other, somewhat cheaper Riello UPS units (e.g. the VST 1100) are described as being a ‘Line Interactive’ model. What does that imply?
I did buy a meter to see what my PC power usage is. It has a 650W PSU and according to the meter (sits between the mains socket and the PC lead) averages 250W usage, including any peripherals, peaking at 350w occasionally, with the flightsim programme in full swing..
Can anyone advise on all this please? Would folks recommend this brand (seems to get good comments online). It's quite a lot of money for me to part company with, so I want to ensure I get the best 'bang for my bucks', as well as being pretty sure I am not making an expensive purchase I am going to regret.. Thanks!
I have been looking at Riello UPS units, recommended by criticalpowersupplies.co.uk; seems they have a five-year warranty, as opposed to Cyberpower's one, which is a very big advantage of course.
But I have a problem with the terminology used on the site. All I knew is that I want a pure sinewave model. The two UPS units recommended are not cheap (especially now I am retired): 1. Riello Sentinel Pro 1kVA Online 230V 2. Riello Sentinel Pro 700VA Online 230V
I am told these are 'double conversion'. Googling a term I have never heard before, that seems to be a good thing! But are they pure sinewave? Or is that the same thing (??). Some other, somewhat cheaper Riello UPS units (e.g. the VST 1100) are described as being a ‘Line Interactive’ model. What does that imply?
I did buy a meter to see what my PC power usage is. It has a 650W PSU and according to the meter (sits between the mains socket and the PC lead) averages 250W usage, including any peripherals, peaking at 350w occasionally, with the flightsim programme in full swing..
Can anyone advise on all this please? Would folks recommend this brand (seems to get good comments online). It's quite a lot of money for me to part company with, so I want to ensure I get the best 'bang for my bucks', as well as being pretty sure I am not making an expensive purchase I am going to regret.. Thanks!
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