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On 29 Nov 2025 11:37:05 GMT
Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:11:59 +0000, Davey wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:35:24 +0000 Davey <davey@example.invalid>
wrote:

After an hour-long power cut this morning, when I discovered that
my APC UPS had yet again lost its battery power, I looked at other
manufacturers. I am only looking for a domestic system, not any of
the massive-capacity units that were discussed recently (not sure
in which NG). I see Vida, Powercool and Power Walker are favoured
by CPC. Are they good, specifically can they hold their capacity
for more years than a typical APC unit?
Advice welcome.

--
Davey.

I have received the Eaton unit, and put it on charge for 24 hours,
as instructed in the minimalist manual. It told me to go to an Eaton webpage to download the software, but the exact page did not exist.
I eventually found the right page, after maybe 20 minutes
floundering around in an unfamiliar website, which seemed to have
no easy way to find what I wanted. But I found it, software for an
Ubuntu 64-bit AMD system.
I will try it after installing the unit.

Thanks for all the help and discussions, much appreciated.

One last thing. If the functionality is what what you need, Eaton are supported by NUT.

https://networkupstools.org/ddl/Eaton/

Ye gods! I just took a look at NUT, and it is a whole lot of work that I
need to do understand it. I am not a programmer by trade, and much of
that is Greek to me. Maybe later....
But at least, At Last, I have a working Eaton UPS. It's only taken 5
months.
--
Davey.

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