@@off7hewall it took me 5 hours of deep research to get to the conclusion that a modern computer PSU needs pure sine wave, otherwise with a non pure wave both PSU and UPS will slowly get damaged over time, depends on how often the power goes out. A decent pure sine wave UPS for a high end gaming rig + monitor (~1000 watts) will cost around 600$, compared to a average 200$ UPS without pure sine wave but same wattage
@@LinkinPark4Ever1996 I'm in the same boat. My APC 1500BR UPS of nearly 12 years finally gave up the ghost. It lasted for three builds and now I'm looking for a new one and running into the Pure Sine Wave vs Simulated/Stepped Sine Wave debate. There is a big price difference between the two styles no matter which brand. I've narrowed it down to the APC BR1500MS and the Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCD. They are both very similar in price to each other I just wish they weren't $100 more than their non pure sine wave counterparts.
I just bought one of these. There is some remodeling going on in my home. The construction works have been using an electric saw, and it caused a slight surge to my pc. Fried my GPU - 1080Ti. Had to replace the card and spent a little extra money getting one of these. Well worth it!
You should redo this video in 2020, but give us a line up of the best UPS’s. Especially with the unscheduled brown outs and the electrical outages in California due to the wildfires this is needed more than ever.
I have been using that exact model UPS for about one year now. I choose that specific version because of the pure sine wave output. It was the only UPS that I could find with that feature. I'm definitely glad I bought it and it's worked well to keep me going during power surges or outages. Here's a tip: in addition to your PC, plug in your modem to the battery backup outlets and you can even remain connected to the internet when your power is out. (for about 15 minutes until the charge runs out)
Linus, mains AC power at 120V does NOT mean that the peak to peak voltage is 120V. What that number is is the RMS voltage. The peak voltage is that multiplied by sqrt(2), or about 170V. With 240V mains the peak is about 340V. This gives a peak-to-peak voltage of 680 volts.
@Comeyd wrong. LiFePO4's are capable of 30C continuous discharge (30 amps for every amp-hour of capacity), which is 3 times more than lead-acid (10C). They also have way longer cycle life (1000 cycles at 100% DOD, vs 100 cycles at 100% DOD of lead-acid), higher energy density (220 Wh/L vs 75 Wh/L for lead-acid), and higher specific energy (100 Wh/kg vs 35 Wh/kg for lead-acid), and higher specific power (300 W/kg vs 180 W/kg for lead-acid).They also don't suffer from low temperatures,like Pb's do
I love my UPS. I've been waiting for the power to cut long enough for my PC to initiate a safe shutdown sequence, but it hasn't happened yet -- the power always restores within a minute or two and my UPS battery lasts about 12 minutes, and I've told it to safely shut down with 5 minutes of juice left. P.S. It's uber satisfying to see the lights flicker but your PC, monitor, speakers, modem, and router stay on. Sometimes I don't even notice until I see my microwave clock flashing.
I would love to see an APC vs Tripp Lite vs CyberPower comparison with simulated Blackouts, Brownouts, and Spikes to see who's brand handles these situations best. Kinda tired of people saying this one is better or that without demonstrations.
Makoto Alexander i work as a technician in a ups service center and i can assure you that tripp lite and cyberpower are really cheaply made compared to apc upss. sure apc upss are more expensive but they are a thousand times more reliable than theses other brands. Eaton also make some good ups.
kiskiller3 Thanks for the reply. I have already purchased a CyberPower model and am quite satisfied with it once I tested it myself. However, don't you think your "assurance" is more of the same as I stated in the last sentence of my first post? You cannot assure someone, who don't know you from Adam, without verifiable evidence.
I just wanted to inform you about the fact that cyberpower upss and triplite upss are made cheaply. but you are right i cant assure someone whitout evidence, and i wish i had enought time to do a video comparing the different brands maybe i could do one but it would not be very good and my English is not that good (im french Montréal) if i get around to making one i will let you know.
Wow - you have def come a loooong ways since the time of this recording Linus! You are a very impressive young man. Never forget that you have unsurpassable worth!
Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) compatability should absolutely be a UPS search filter catagory for all top tier computer parts distributing sites. Incompatability is a known issue.
i'm plugged into a monster 920G power center. i love it. not only does it clean my power but my tower is the main control unit on the "green" side so when my tower shuts off both monitors shutoff with it, and vice-versa when i turn it on.
120 V is RMS , actual peak to peak is larger. The 120 V is an average of the difference to ground. The waveform itself is actually around. 1.414 times 120V so we have in reality +170 then going to -170 60 times a second. This how it is possible to end up with 240 by having 2 sources out of phase with each other you capture the full difference between the +170 and -170 without running a higher voltage line.
RMS is the DC voltage that when connected to the same pure resistive load will create the same power. the average of the difference to ground is of course 0.
Actually the 120 or 240 volts are the average voltage that you are going to get out of the power plug. If you were to basically flatten out the sine wave you would end up with a square wave that tops out at 120/240 volt. The peak voltage of standard AC however would the the square root of 2 times 120/240 which is quite a bit higher.
Seems like UPS' have barely advanced in the past 10 years. Linus, you should do a deep-dive into UPS'. The market is an absolute cluster, and reviews across the board for seemingly every option out there are uninspiring at best, scathing at worse. Would be great to get some direction on what's good, what's bad, and what differentiates the products on the market.
Well you may think so but try living in a big townhouse complex and be at the end of the line. Had to get a couple of similar devices for my PC, HDTV, and surround. Witout them my computer was glitchy, my surround had a buzz and my HDTV had noise in the picture. So just because you may not have experienced it doesn't mean it isn't out there or a product is useless.
I had once.. Last year when we has shit load of rain and wind in Chicago. My PC just shut off and that's it... It was connected to a power-surge protected power strip, though.
Umm, linus... the sine wave in North America travels a 240v range. The 120v is the distance from zero, in which it also travels down to -120ac V. The way you described it in the video would make is 60ac V
I picked up a CP1500PFCLCD (higher capacity/beefier version of this) about 1 year ago and I notice that I get a lot of "dips" and brown-outs. At least once a month the UPS beeps to let me know. It also saved my system from a HUGE surge at a LAN party that was due to amateur power distribution on the down-leads. Fried two other PSU's in the same row as me, yet I was fine.
This product line is pure sine wave. The datasheets, etc. on the website can be downloaded and read and even their customer service reps can confirm that. I have been using Cyber Power for years and they have proven to be MORE reliable than APC or Tripp Lite. I have nothing against APC or Tripp Lite. I love their products BUT APC has been insanely expensive for years now! TRANSLATION - OVER-PRICED because they have the name brand everyone knows about. Even for just an UPS model that can protect a basic gaming rig with AFC power supply or a SOHO desktop with AFC. AFC power supplies are completely common now. APC wants suckers to pay double or triple but the truth is they are over-selling also. They are attempting to get average users to buy their server grade type UPSes. Even Tripp Lite has a lower price point than APC. I have installed at least 100 or more different Cyber Power UPS units, whether desktop or rack models, in residential and commercial client sites and they have all performed as advertised/expected. I even went so far to try an experiment. A client with 75 PCs and a rack full of goodies like servers, NAS, routers, gateways, and managed switches - plain and PoE, allowed me to install equal but different product lines. So, I installed in the rack APC, Tripp Lite and Cyber Power units. All performed the same. You could not tell the difference that way. However, after 2 years the APC unit batteries were definitely degrading. Tripp and Cyber were still going strong. In the end, with all things being equal, I typically shop/price Cyber Power first then Tripp Lite. I don't even bother with APC any more unless for some oddball compatibility reason I have to.
Meyak Karchtume you can buy some refurbished units they usually are half the price of the new ones and they are still perfect, there are other brand of ups that ar really good and probably superior to ciberpower like eaton and liebert of even alwayson
Wow, you've been watching Linus's Videos for THAT long and you still haven't realized that Linus is an employee of NCIX. He mentions NCIX in every video, the word NCIX is seen in the video description and he sometimes wears the shirt bearing the logo NCIX. He's testing whatever item he pleases that NCIX sells because he is an EMPLOYEE of NCIX at the head office in Vancouver, Canada. Sure he might purchase the tested item, but if he doesn't then they turn around and sell as "Open Box".
The power supply at my home gets interrupted quite frequently and I need a UPS. Would love to see some updated video about the current options for gaming PC (basically to keep my computer -850W PS- turned on until I can safely shut it down).
I live in Florida - Lightning & Brown-Out capital is the USA. It sure isn't anything but "1st World". If you really hate you PC, TV, etc Expensive electronics then don't have an UPS! In the past year my APC recorded 53 events in (1) one year: Brown-outs + Outages. ALL of my LCD/LED TV's, PC's and Printers are on UPS. I've looked in to a whole house UPS. but it's big bucks! Don't forget your Cable & NIC from surges/lightening.
Not a bullshit, just a fact. Google "Turnigy nano-tech 5000mAh 10S 65~130C Lipo Pack" to see what battery I am talking about. Also it's 30V not 3V cause there are 10 cells in series.
Nope, I think the 600W rating on the UPS is the power it can output from the batteries, so in a way yes if you're actually drawing 1200W when the power goes out (unlikely) the UPS wouldn't be able to power your PC.
Should redo this video at least once a year. That way, we would have an update on every previous UPS and their battery. (YES!! An update on all previous make/model/etc) ;)
I fail to see what part of this isn't entirely true? He was still either provided the samples or bought them from NCIX at a discount. Your point was that this is his job and he does this for NCIX, which it isn't his job and he doesn't do this for NCIX. He doesn't make any money from this channel, NCIX doesn't pay him for things posted on this channel. So this isn't his job, and he doesn't do this for NCIX. So your point is wrong.
Oh and also Li-Poly hybrids, despite not being suitable for cars (LiFePO4's are suitable to automotive usage so my previous comment still applies), they have most amazing power-to-weight ratio. I have a 1.5 kg 30*5*5cm Li-Po hybrid battery lying on my desk, and being that light (and small) it is 37V 5Ah (lead-acid of same Wh capacity would be 5 kg or so), it's capable of 325A discharge, which at 30V (let's count in the voltage sag..) is 10 kW. Find me a 1.5kg lead-acid that does that, I beg you!
Well, Sweden have for the most part good power esspecialy in the north. Facebook put a HUGE server house in Luleå because of the clean and stable power feed :)
to be fair not a lot of people can really afford the stuff that you unbox, maybe you should start doing like a budget series or something along those lines :)
After buying the cld....1500va 1000w UPS, cyberpower answers a support request i'd sent - asking if the one i ended up buying would pair with my 'over-kill' 1000w PSU on a PC that didn't require but a 750w.....cyberpower told me i needed a model i found cost over $600!!! Do i need to return this unit or will the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD be fine for my MSI 1000watt Gold PSU? Thanks
Once i got curious and flicked the red switch at the back of my PSU. There were fireworks, a loud bang, and smoke, yet everything in my pc was fine. Just needed another PSU :P
i do not expect this to last very long as when in a server room i saw 2 giant UPS batteries to keep the servers going for 2 hours and keep any calls happening going but then they were to power a server room so maybe i am wrong
It's not all about wanting to buy it, most people just like to see what kind of stuff people are releasing nowadays.. Budget equipment won't be as interesting..
So, this is probably dumb question (no dumb questions amirite?) but if it says 600 watts, that means it couldn't power a computer for example that's drawing more than 600 watts?
Yay another UPS vid! btw I LUV cyberpower. I got one of thier UPS's and its amazing, shit gives me an hour...an HOUR to run my PC off the battery. and its a gaming rig lol.
If you want to really show the differences, use an oscilloscope. Then people might have a better idea of what you are talking about when you mention sine waves
I don't understand why UPS manufacturers keep using lead-acid (Pb) batteries when they suck so much.. Probably they are getting bribed by SLA battery manufacturers or something.
In the ten years since this LTT video has been out, BC Hydro, the first world power supplier to us peoples living in Linus' realm have seen a noticeable drop in the quality of power. I have lost two UPS and three surge protector power strips because of it. And don't even get me started on how little time SLA batteries last in these UPSs before they need replacing. BC Hydro of course claims everything is well within the industry standards. Of course it is.
Wow! I've been watching LTT for about a year. This is great to see how far Linus has come. But yeah, he needs to redo a UPS breakdown
exactlyyy lolololol, he hasn't aged either. tech vampire
@@bobtharealest3723 Yeah, he is quite hot.
You should redo this video in 2017.
Yes!! @linus
totally
He should review the new one that does 900watts
@@off7hewall it took me 5 hours of deep research to get to the conclusion that a modern computer PSU needs pure sine wave, otherwise with a non pure wave both PSU and UPS will slowly get damaged over time, depends on how often the power goes out. A decent pure sine wave UPS for a high end gaming rig + monitor (~1000 watts) will cost around 600$, compared to a average 200$ UPS without pure sine wave but same wattage
@@LinkinPark4Ever1996 I'm in the same boat. My APC 1500BR UPS of nearly 12 years finally gave up the ghost. It lasted for three builds and now I'm looking for a new one and running into the Pure Sine Wave vs Simulated/Stepped Sine Wave debate. There is a big price difference between the two styles no matter which brand. I've narrowed it down to the APC BR1500MS and the Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCD. They are both very similar in price to each other I just wish they weren't $100 more than their non pure sine wave counterparts.
Make more of these you need to cover this market better.
I just bought one of these. There is some remodeling going on in my home. The construction works have been using an electric saw, and it caused a slight surge to my pc. Fried my GPU - 1080Ti. Had to replace the card and spent a little extra money getting one of these. Well worth it!
You should redo this video in 2020, but give us a line up of the best UPS’s. Especially with the unscheduled brown outs and the electrical outages in California due to the wildfires this is needed more than ever.
I have been using that exact model UPS for about one year now. I choose that specific version because of the pure sine wave output. It was the only UPS that I could find with that feature. I'm definitely glad I bought it and it's worked well to keep me going during power surges or outages. Here's a tip: in addition to your PC, plug in your modem to the battery backup outlets and you can even remain connected to the internet when your power is out. (for about 15 minutes until the charge runs out)
should do a new video on UPSs since alot of people especially new people don't know what a UPS is or if they need one
Linus, mains AC power at 120V does NOT mean that the peak to peak voltage is 120V. What that number is is the RMS voltage. The peak voltage is that multiplied by sqrt(2), or about 170V. With 240V mains the peak is about 340V. This gives a peak-to-peak voltage of 680 volts.
Look at this young lad with them earrings. Just now thinking of keeping my computer safe with some pure sinewave vs pfc sinewave.
@Comeyd wrong. LiFePO4's are capable of 30C continuous discharge (30 amps for every amp-hour of capacity), which is 3 times more than lead-acid (10C). They also have way longer cycle life (1000 cycles at 100% DOD, vs 100 cycles at 100% DOD of lead-acid), higher energy density (220 Wh/L vs 75 Wh/L for lead-acid), and higher specific energy (100 Wh/kg vs 35 Wh/kg for lead-acid), and higher specific power (300 W/kg vs 180 W/kg for lead-acid).They also don't suffer from low temperatures,like Pb's do
I love my UPS. I've been waiting for the power to cut long enough for my PC to initiate a safe shutdown sequence, but it hasn't happened yet -- the power always restores within a minute or two and my UPS battery lasts about 12 minutes, and I've told it to safely shut down with 5 minutes of juice left.
P.S. It's uber satisfying to see the lights flicker but your PC, monitor, speakers, modem, and router stay on. Sometimes I don't even notice until I see my microwave clock flashing.
I would love to see an APC vs Tripp Lite vs CyberPower comparison with simulated Blackouts, Brownouts, and Spikes to see who's brand handles these situations best. Kinda tired of people saying this one is better or that without demonstrations.
Makoto Alexander i work as a technician in a ups service center and i can assure you that tripp lite and cyberpower are really cheaply made compared to apc upss. sure apc upss are more expensive but they are a thousand times more reliable than theses other brands. Eaton also make some good ups.
kiskiller3 Thanks for the reply. I have already purchased a CyberPower model and am quite satisfied with it once I tested it myself. However, don't you think your "assurance" is more of the same as I stated in the last sentence of my first post? You cannot assure someone, who don't know you from Adam, without verifiable evidence.
I just wanted to inform you about the fact that cyberpower upss and triplite upss are made cheaply. but you are right i cant assure someone whitout evidence, and i wish i had enought time to do a video comparing the different brands maybe i could do one but it would not be very good and my English is not that good (im french Montréal) if i get around to making one i will let you know.
Makoto Alexander My Cyber Power 625va From Best Buy Survived A Major Brown Out The Went any where from 120 to 90 Volts Approximately
kiskiller3 That would be great. Thanks
Wow - you have def come a loooong ways since the time of this recording Linus! You are a very impressive young man. Never forget that you have unsurpassable worth!
Yo make a new video on ups i need it. Thank you
I just bought it a few minutes ago from Amazon, did not know it is an 11yr old model...
Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) compatability should absolutely be a UPS search filter catagory for all top tier computer parts distributing sites. Incompatability is a known issue.
Word is that an UPS with Sinewave and clean power can cure Coil Whine.... would definatly be worth an extra try today 2018!
i'm plugged into a monster 920G power center. i love it. not only does it clean my power but my tower is the main control unit on the "green" side so when my tower shuts off both monitors shutoff with it, and vice-versa when i turn it on.
I'm amazed how much Linus knows, unlimited knowledge..
120 V is RMS , actual peak to peak is larger. The 120 V is an average of the difference to ground. The waveform itself is actually around. 1.414 times 120V so we have in reality +170 then going to -170 60 times a second. This how it is possible to end up with 240 by having 2 sources out of phase with each other you capture the full difference between the +170 and -170 without running a higher voltage line.
RMS is the DC voltage that when connected to the same pure resistive load will create the same power. the average of the difference to ground is of course 0.
he does do budget stuff as well, Linus is very good at doing the full range.
We need a new UPS video
I would have never heard of NCIX if it wasn't for linus... give him a raise!
Actually the 120 or 240 volts are the average voltage that you are going to get out of the power plug. If you were to basically flatten out the sine wave you would end up with a square wave that tops out at 120/240 volt. The peak voltage of standard AC however would the the square root of 2 times 120/240 which is quite a bit higher.
Just bought the TX650M, really happy with it. I can recommend this power supply :)
It's Semi-Modulair good for cable managment :)
I knew the link wouldn't go anywhere but i had to click it
a ups round up for current year would be neat
you should remake this! would be really helpful nowadays
Seems like UPS' have barely advanced in the past 10 years.
Linus, you should do a deep-dive into UPS'. The market is an absolute cluster, and reviews across the board for seemingly every option out there are uninspiring at best, scathing at worse. Would be great to get some direction on what's good, what's bad, and what differentiates the products on the market.
Well you may think so but try living in a big townhouse complex and be at the end of the line. Had to get a couple of similar devices for my PC, HDTV, and surround. Witout them my computer was glitchy, my surround had a buzz and my HDTV had noise in the picture. So just because you may not have experienced it doesn't mean it isn't out there or a product is useless.
I had once.. Last year when we has shit load of rain and wind in Chicago. My PC just shut off and that's it... It was connected to a power-surge protected power strip, though.
I've actually tested my wall power, and it is very clean and an almost perfect sine wave.
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Umm, linus... the sine wave in North America travels a 240v range. The 120v is the distance from zero, in which it also travels down to -120ac V. The way you described it in the video would make is 60ac V
I picked up a CP1500PFCLCD (higher capacity/beefier version of this) about 1 year ago and I notice that I get a lot of "dips" and brown-outs. At least once a month the UPS beeps to let me know.
It also saved my system from a HUGE surge at a LAN party that was due to amateur power distribution on the down-leads. Fried two other PSU's in the same row as me, yet I was fine.
so is this model "Pure sine Wave" or not? box does not describe it. this models cost around $135 vs APC $500-$1,000 pure sine wave UPS. why?
This product line is pure sine wave. The datasheets, etc. on the website can be downloaded and read and even their customer service reps can confirm that. I have been using Cyber Power for years and they have proven to be MORE reliable than APC or Tripp Lite.
I have nothing against APC or Tripp Lite. I love their products BUT APC has been insanely expensive for years now! TRANSLATION - OVER-PRICED because they have the name brand everyone knows about. Even for just an UPS model that can protect a basic gaming rig with AFC power supply or a SOHO desktop with AFC. AFC power supplies are completely common now. APC wants suckers to pay double or triple but the truth is they are over-selling also. They are attempting to get average users to buy their server grade type UPSes. Even Tripp Lite has a lower price point than APC.
I have installed at least 100 or more different Cyber Power UPS units, whether desktop or rack models, in residential and commercial client sites and they have all performed as advertised/expected. I even went so far to try an experiment. A client with 75 PCs and a rack full of goodies like servers, NAS, routers, gateways, and managed switches - plain and PoE, allowed me to install equal but different product lines. So, I installed in the rack APC, Tripp Lite and Cyber Power units. All performed the same. You could not tell the difference that way. However, after 2 years the APC unit batteries were definitely degrading. Tripp and Cyber were still going strong.
In the end, with all things being equal, I typically shop/price Cyber Power first then Tripp Lite. I don't even bother with APC any more unless for some oddball compatibility reason I have to.
Meyak Karchtume you can buy some refurbished units they usually are half the price of the new ones and they are still perfect, there are other brand of ups that ar really good and probably superior to ciberpower like eaton and liebert of even alwayson
Should bring back the old intro with the modern music for one UPS backup video
Wow, you've been watching Linus's Videos for THAT long and you still haven't realized that Linus is an employee of NCIX. He mentions NCIX in every video, the word NCIX is seen in the video description and he sometimes wears the shirt bearing the logo NCIX.
He's testing whatever item he pleases that NCIX sells because he is an EMPLOYEE of NCIX at the head office in Vancouver, Canada.
Sure he might purchase the tested item, but if he doesn't then they turn around and sell as "Open Box".
The power supply at my home gets interrupted quite frequently and I need a UPS. Would love to see some updated video about the current options for gaming PC (basically to keep my computer -850W PS- turned on until I can safely shut it down).
I live in Florida - Lightning & Brown-Out capital is the USA. It sure isn't anything but "1st World". If you really hate you PC, TV, etc Expensive electronics then don't have an UPS! In the past year my APC recorded 53 events in (1) one year: Brown-outs + Outages.
ALL of my LCD/LED TV's, PC's and Printers are on UPS. I've looked in to a whole house UPS. but it's big bucks! Don't forget your Cable & NIC from surges/lightening.
Not a bullshit, just a fact. Google "Turnigy nano-tech 5000mAh 10S 65~130C Lipo Pack" to see what battery I am talking about. Also it's 30V not 3V cause there are 10 cells in series.
I used a non sine wave ups.. The ground on my pc disappeared.. I wonder how if its pure sine wave
I believe what that means that the UPS can power something all of the way up to 600watts (5-5.5 amps)
I havent had any problems with AC here in Slovakia (230V). But in case of lightning it could save your peripherals connected to it.
oh my goodness the humble beginings
Nope, I think the 600W rating on the UPS is the power it can output from the batteries, so in a way yes if you're actually drawing 1200W when the power goes out (unlikely) the UPS wouldn't be able to power your PC.
I use this USP for all my PC's. I have to say that I wouldn't run any of my PC's without them. GET THIS and use it!!
Effective voltage ie 120volts is something else Linus
120 Volt is 72% of the SIN Linus, it goes higher then that and then back to 0. That way it looks like 120 Volts on your Volt Meter.
Getting this model this week!
Linus.. we miss the intro music.. Please bring it back..
Oops 120 volts is the average amount of voltage 170 volts is the difference between the peak and the x axis and 240 volts is the peak to peak voltage
the average voltage of 120 V ac is of course zero, not 120.
Should redo this video at least once a year. That way, we would have an update on every previous UPS and their battery. (YES!! An update on all previous make/model/etc) ;)
I fail to see what part of this isn't entirely true? He was still either provided the samples or bought them from NCIX at a discount. Your point was that this is his job and he does this for NCIX, which it isn't his job and he doesn't do this for NCIX. He doesn't make any money from this channel, NCIX doesn't pay him for things posted on this channel. So this isn't his job, and he doesn't do this for NCIX. So your point is wrong.
Oh and also Li-Poly hybrids, despite not being suitable for cars (LiFePO4's are suitable to automotive usage so my previous comment still applies), they have most amazing power-to-weight ratio. I have a 1.5 kg 30*5*5cm Li-Po hybrid battery lying on my desk, and being that light (and small) it is 37V 5Ah (lead-acid of same Wh capacity would be 5 kg or so), it's capable of 325A discharge, which at 30V (let's count in the voltage sag..) is 10 kW. Find me a 1.5kg lead-acid that does that, I beg you!
old tube ecuipment does not suffer any problems from brownlouts or power spikes
They grow up so fast
Well, Sweden have for the most part good power esspecialy in the north. Facebook put a HUGE server house in Luleå because of the clean and stable power feed :)
YAY my power bar has a surge protector, puts out a pure sine wave and a ground loop eliminator :D still want a ups though...
Please do a continuation video to prove the incompatibility of APFC psu with Modified sine wave ups.
A good point 6 years ago enermax PSU said do not use a modified sine wave UPS.
Some PSU's actually get damaged from pure sine wave UPS's. Although technically a "pure" sine wave PSU isn't actually produced commercially.
@LinusTechTips
can u show us the cleanness of the waveform coming out of the ups with a oscilloscope?
that would be awesome
we're so glad to hear it, I was worried for a sec there.
Please open a NCIX store in every single country
Man LTT has come a long way since this video. Keep it up!!
that is the best thing i have heard in a long time !
Can you do a video someday about the differences between Watts, Voltages, ect? Noane has been able to explain it to me to make me remember it.
wow linus and i was just talkin about this thanks bud for the video
Wait.....When are you going to take a closer look on your NCIXcom channel??
to be fair not a lot of people can really afford the stuff that you unbox, maybe you should start doing like a budget series or something along those lines :)
After buying the cld....1500va 1000w UPS, cyberpower answers a support request i'd sent - asking if the one i ended up buying would pair with my 'over-kill' 1000w PSU on a PC that didn't require but a 750w.....cyberpower told me i needed a model i found cost over $600!!!
Do i need to return this unit or will the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD be fine for my MSI 1000watt Gold PSU? Thanks
I get brown outs and power cuts regularly and I've never corrupted / fried anything. This kind of hardware is overkill imo..
Once i got curious and flicked the red switch at the back of my PSU. There were fireworks, a loud bang, and smoke, yet everything in my pc was fine. Just needed another PSU :P
hoooray for Linus!!!
i do not expect this to last very long as when in a server room i saw 2 giant UPS batteries to keep the servers going for 2 hours and keep any calls happening going but then they were to power a server room so maybe i am wrong
You have to bear in mind seasonic make a lot of different branded PSU's, but yeah seasonic are dons.
where's the alleged followup video?
It's not all about wanting to buy it, most people just like to see what kind of stuff people are releasing nowadays.. Budget equipment won't be as interesting..
So, this is probably dumb question (no dumb questions amirite?) but if it says 600 watts, that means it couldn't power a computer for example that's drawing more than 600 watts?
Yay another UPS vid! btw I LUV cyberpower. I got one of thier UPS's and its amazing, shit gives me an hour...an HOUR to run my PC off the battery. and its a gaming rig lol.
Guy... I want your job. It freaking ROCKS. Any advice pm me about it?
Can we get an updated video for UPS?
Holly molly, I'm a huge fan of linus. Can you please show me the video?
POV: You were recommended this
we use rectifiers in our circuits to convert from AC to DC
Might be time for an update for the consumer space, dont want a fire like the server room
the intro sound is locked in my darkroom. linus, give me your cat or ill kill the intro sound
"GreenPower Technology"
"Ooof, it's heavy, it's full of lead batteries"
I lolled.
Isn't this the exact same product Swifty bought in his latest IRL episode? :O
If you want to really show the differences, use an oscilloscope. Then people might have a better idea of what you are talking about when you mention sine waves
say connected component and it gets fried while using that, how exactly would you prove you were using the product when it happened.
APFC is a requirement for ANY 80Plus certification, not just Gold, Bronze, etc.
Wait until one of your neighbours gets an arc welder.
So......when are we getting an update....been awhile
What happened to testing it out???
if the computer is idle it'll be fine but if the computer is drawing more than 600W you're screwed
I don't understand why UPS manufacturers keep using lead-acid (Pb) batteries when they suck so much.. Probably they are getting bribed by SLA battery manufacturers or something.
In the ten years since this LTT video has been out, BC Hydro, the first world power supplier to us peoples living in Linus' realm have seen a noticeable drop in the quality of power. I have lost two UPS and three surge protector power strips because of it. And don't even get me started on how little time SLA batteries last in these UPSs before they need replacing. BC Hydro of course claims everything is well within the industry standards. Of course it is.
Linus, please don't just plug in the PC to the Battery-Backup-Part of the UPS, but also a monitor.
Otherwise the test would be flawed ;)
any idea when this is shown? I am building a Storage server and I'd like to host it with a UPS.