ML>BR>Mine doesn't click, it just beeps like mad when I lose power lol   
      
   ML> TW> IF it clicks(operation of a power transfer Relay) is is not a true   
   ML> TW> UPS but mearly a Backup Power Source.   
      
   ML>i think you have something confused, tom...   
      
   ML>  UPS == Uninterruptible Power Supply   
      
   ML>a Backup Power Source is something that /comes online/ only when power is   
   ML>beyond the upper or lower limits set in the device... eg: outtage, brownout,   
   ML>over-voltage...   
      
   ML>a UPS handles all of these but it is online all the time providing filtering   
   ML>the line as well as these other services... some UPSes DO have relays in the   
   ML>for when they switch to their batteries... other UPSes choose to use   
   ML>solid-state relays for their switching... all of my APC UPSes have relays an   
   ML>always have had them...   
      
   It is the industry that has blured the Meaning of UPS.   
   A TRUE UPS operates on the battery all of the time and needs no clicking   
   realy to do the transfer when power is lost.   
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