Uninterruptible Power Supply

[Steve Brame]

Typically, the purpose of a UPS is two-fold…

Your use of a UPS should be limited to providing adequate time to close down a project and shut down your computer correctly in the event of sudden power loss. You’ll discover that the advertised runtimes for any particular UPS will be significantly shorter when used on an editing system, which typically have greater power draws. They should NOT be used to continue editing after sudden power loss. The runtimes are very fluid, and may actually be MUCH shorter than they are advertised, or can differ from time to time. You may think that you have 15 minutes to continue working in hopes that the power will restore before that time, only to have the runtime be shortened due to any myriad of reasons, and end up with a sudden power loss to the system due to the UPS’s cycle ending.

We have found it safest to use a UPS of higher capacity rather than lower, and we like the ones available with an LCD status display.

Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Ernest Ratliff]

I’ve been using an APC XS-1500 with a 12 core Mac pro and 2 cinema displays hooked to the battery. I left the speakers and other things off of it because as Steve said, the UPS is there to let me save and safely shut down, not keep working. I’ve had a couple power outages and it’s given me more than enough time to safely shut down.

[Ben Mullins]

Thanks for the advice guys, all good to know.

[Pushpanatha De silva]

Hi, I recommend APC UPs for Video Editing work. Very reliable and parts are available. I was using my APC UPS for the last 8yrs without any problem.

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