Smart-UPS 2200 Rack Mountable

[Wizzkidy]

Well a company that was going bust down the road let me have a wee look at what they where throwing away the other day. My GOD there was a lot of crap being thrown out. I walked out with the following

x10 baseunits (mostly athlon 2000+)

x2 Dell Poweredge 2300 (old but still had 6 hotswappable 10K cheeta's in them)

and the most important find. the above UPS

Well it came with batteries and it works, the thing is massive, its 3U in size and its a full rack mountable thing.

I have the following powered off it - Gaming machine/Server/Switch/Wireless Point/VM STB/Amp/Cable Modem and monitor.

That has barely hit 1 bar of load, I feel this might be a bit overkill for my living room

I removed utility power and the thing lasted over 3 hours and STILL had half battery to spare

So really I suppose the question is


1. Would it be worth selling because to be fair its HUGE and I think its slightly overkill

2. If it would sell what would it be worth? I see a couple on ebay for £250 but meh

3. If I keep is this thing going to be munching my electric bill?

 

[Wizzkidy]

absolutely, would need to be collection only. i tried lifting one into a rack on my own once, damn near snapped me in half lol

mind you some people might be willing to pay shipping, have a look at http://www.freightmove.com/ they have an online quote thing.

Yea, this thing with two batteries within it is HEAVY! I mean I can barely left it on my own (infact you would do damage if u did lift it all on your own)

I don't mind putting collection only, I wonder if someone would be willingto pick it up if they really wanted it.

Its just so large and I don't really have that much IT equipment in my living room to justfy using it.

I just wonder what £ its worth as well.

[EDIT] that site reakons around £50 just to send the bugger!

 

[Wizzkidy]

They are around £700 new.. the replacement batteries are about £250-£300 iirc....

Well not bad for free then I was wondering if I made the right choice in taking it with the weight and size of the thing, maybe it will sell then, I can only hope Maybe I should stick it in the For Sale forum lol!or maybe not