07-12-14 07:34 TOM WALKER wrote to MARK LEWIS about UPS Clicking-Report   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <53C1B239.13030.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    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,   
   rownout,   
    ML>over-voltage...   
      
    ML>a UPS handles all of these but it is online all the time providing   
   iltering   
    ML>the line as well as these other services... some UPSes DO have relays in   
   he   
    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   
   n   
    ML>always have had them...   
      
    TW> It is the industry that has blured the Meaning of UPS.   
    TW> A TRUE UPS operates on the battery all of the time and needs no   
    TW> clicking realy to do the transfer when power is lost.   
      
   Howdy! Tom and Mark,   
      
   My UPS is a Tripp-Lite BC300, it has a small battery in it.   
      
   I can't afford a BestPower UPS that uses Storage Batteries.    
      
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