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You can buy them on Newegg[^] if you'd like.
Pretty sure you can find other online stores as well.
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I have the same here.
The transformer in the thing may be a bit suspect though. I'm hearing they are using aluminum wiring in them and soldering to aluminum is not the most reliable connection. If it fails, chances are that's what is going to do it.
Other than that, everything else in them is rock solid.
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It seems you are looking for a UPS that will keep you working while there is a power outage...
It will you coast - in money and headache - more than you can imagine. I have learn that UPS is there to give you time to shut down gracefully and not to keep you running...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I have learn that UPS is there to give you time to shut down gracefully and not to keep you running
That's exactly what I want it for.
But you have to understand my PC draws about as much juice as at least half dozen laptops.
I want to be able to plug in everything i spent more than $500 on into it.
Why? Because when the construction going on across the street shorts the power line to my house again I don't want it to blow up my computer, or its $900 monitor.
Equipment attached to a UPS is typically decoupled somewhat from the power source, using the battery as a go-between, and otherwise is more isolated than you can get with a surge suppressor.
I honestly don't care about shutting down gracefully. I care about weathering about 100 current spikes in the span of a minute.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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If your concern is spikes and surges, you should look into lightening protection and not UPS...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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honey the codewitch wrote: at least half dozen laptops.
 honey the codewitch wrote: $900 monitor.
OK, why do you have such a computer ? Are you a supervillain planning to take over the world ?
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Most cheaper UPSs are of the standby type, they won't give you any protection of that kind, they run from the line until there's a power failure that turns them on.
There will be a short glitch when they turn on. I would not recommend them for sensitive (expensive) equipment.
An online UPS is converting power from AC to DC and back to AC and thereby completely isolating your computer from the line from anything except a direct hit by the lightning.
In between there are Line-interactive UPSs that clean and regulate the voltage to a some extent before turning on backup power. This is normally enough for most computers.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I have learn that UPS is there to give you time to shut down gracefully and not to keep you running...
That would depend on the size of the battery pack.
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I remember those of size of a wardrobe - and you had to run for your life to shut down the computer before they run out of electricity (like 3 minutes)...
And of course power was back 5 seconds after you confirmed the shutdown... 
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Nowadays they're the size of a large suitcase and will power a couple of servers for up to an hour.
But generally not for common people. But then again, our resident Witch isn't common, is she?
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I've been running a CyberPower similar to this[^] for many years and it's been a life saver. I had to change batteries a couple of years ago, easy and inexpensive.
It gives me about 15 mins. to shut down when power goes out.
Only down side is that it doesn't run with generator, that will cost you as it doesn't produce a clean sine wave. Most don't!
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What about a Honda (or similar) generator to supply power? Will the one you have last the 5 minutes it would take to walk to the generator and crank it up?
There's probably some problem with this idea that the more electronically inclined here will use to shoot down this notion.
And I'm okay with that, unabashedly ignorant of these things.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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I'm not looking to keep my computer on, but to isolate it from my house's power surges.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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issued me number π because they say I don't drive rationally.
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never ending groan!
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Not because you were square?
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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