CyberPower - Hey Mark

[George K]

Interesting. Obviously, cheaper to replace than repair, but intriguing...

By the way, a while ago, I was asking whether I need a UPS or a surge suppressor would be good enough. I opted for a Cyberpower UPS and it's served well. We lost power about 2 weeks ago (bad storms), and it alerted me and I had time to shut down safely. It also has 2 USB ports on the front into which I've plugged a couple of Anker power bricks for iPhone/ipad battery recharging when we lose power.

[mark]

@George-K said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

Interesting. Obviously, cheaper to replace than repair, but intriguing...

lolwut? Those two capacitors might run a buck or two.

[George K]

@mark said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

@George-K said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

Interesting. Obviously, cheaper to replace than repair, but intriguing...

lolwut? Those two capacitors might run a buck two.

I know. How's your soldering skills on something like that? In my case, it's a "nope."

[mark]

@George-K said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

@mark said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

@George-K said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

Interesting. Obviously, cheaper to replace than repair, but intriguing...

lolwut? Those two capacitors might run a buck two.

I know. How's your soldering skills on something like that? In my case, it's a "nope."

I built my stereo preamp, amp and phono stage. I would say my soldering skills are above average.

A control board from the pre-amp:

The pre-amp with phono-pre on the left.

Every component on every board has to be soldered by hand.

[Axtremus]

I spotted two busted capacitors, but I have no idea whether there are other bad components. Even after I successfully replace those two capacitors and get the box to work again, I have no confidence that other 8 year old components will not fail in the near future -- who knows what other damages or extra wear those two busted capacitors might have inflicted on other components? The point of having UPS is to increase reliability, increase system up time, peace of mind. If I have to worry about other components failing in the near future, I might as well just get a new UPS. :man-shrugging:

[mark]

@Axtremus said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

I spotted two busted capacitors, but I have no idea whether there are other bad components. Even after I successfully replace those two capacitors and get the box to work again, I have no confidence that other 8 year old components will not fail in the near future -- who knows what other damages or extra wear those two busted capacitors might have inflicted on other components? The point of having UPS is to increase reliability, increase system up time, peace of mind. If I have to worry about other components failing in the near future, I might as well just get a new UPS. :man-shrugging:

Mostly agree. I was just saying, a couple of capacitors are worth trying to replace. Probably not much up-stream damage actually. I would attempt the repair. Would I use it after I repaired it? I would test it of course but, yeah, if it passes the tests and produces clean power, why not use it?

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

We lost power about 2 weeks ago (bad storms), and it alerted me and I had time to shut down safely.

One of the cool things about my setup (MacBook setup like a desktop) is that it’s impervious to power disruptions.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in CyberPower - Hey Mark:

One of the cool things about my setup (MacBook setup like a desktop) is that it’s impervious to power disruptions.

How do you power the monitor?

[jon-nyc]

It’s plugged into the wall. But there’s no risk in a monitor suddenly losing power. And if I want to keep working I’d just take the laptop out of its holder and open it.

[George K]

Today (only) on w00t!

https://computers.woot.com/plus/cyberpower-battery-backup-systems-5?ref=w_ngh_dd_cp