surge-protection / UPS for my router

Locky · 6 Nov 2006 at 20:41

i need one of these :-

reason i live in an x rented house and it has PAYG electric meter

sometimes i forget to get more electric, so it runs out

now this restarts my router and i lose all my tweaked settings

thus getting a lower BRAS profile

what i need is:-

batt backup
RFI/EMI filtering
surge-protected
Lan & dsl protection

cheers

ajf · 6 Nov 2006 at 20:57

I can't think of any UPS options that would give you long term battery backup.
Most small UPSs seem to be designed for say 15-20 minutes at low loads.
I may be wrong though and with just a router plugged in I guess it the battery could last a lot longer.

Locky · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:00

doesnt have to be long just enough time

to click on the emergency credit

takes about 3 mins tops

squiffy · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:07

Cheapst APC 300VA will be more than sufficient, although might not have telephone line protection (check the website) Router uses pratically zilch and should last hours.

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE400-UK&total_watts=200

ajf · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:15

Or this:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd...nt_Id=1&Section_Id=&pcount=&Product_Id=201041

Overclockers have them for £40 though I suspect the APC would be a better buy longterm.

squiffy · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:23

ajf said:
Or this:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd...nt_Id=1&Section_Id=&pcount=&Product_Id=201041

Overclockers have them for £40 though I suspect the APC would be a better buy longterm.

Go for the APC.

Locky · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:25

has the APC got EMi and RFI filtering tho?

ajf · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:27

squiffy said:
Go for the APC.

Fair enough. I was debating one of these too!

ajf · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:30

TiZoR said:
has the APC got EMi and RFI filtering tho?

Yes it has according to the manual:

http://sturgeon.apcc.com/techref.nsf/partnum/990-2375

Locky · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:35

Note:
Telephone Cable OR Network Cable should be connected to Surge
Protection ports. Do not connect the UPS surge protection ports to both
Telephone and Network System cables at the same time.

what does that mean?

ajf · 6 Nov 2006 at 22:17

Slightly confusing wording as the spec shows this:

Datline Protection RJ-45 Modem/Fax/DSL/10-100 Base-T protection

Never seen a fax with RJ-45?!

Anyway I think what it is saying is that because there are actually two RJ-45 ports you can only use one for the actual equipment you want to protect the other is acting a pass through for the filtering.

So effectively it would be something like routers RJ-45 into APC then APC to PC etc.

Locky · 7 Nov 2006 at 08:28

yeah i would need it to protect my modem and lan cables, as my lan cables runs out side my house

Captain Fizz · 7 Nov 2006 at 10:13

Get the APC...

My Belkin is a PS... Not UPS. :mad:

(When power goes off, it turns off then on again after a second or so.)

NOT GOOD!

Both APC's I have are perfect.

It should power your router for 8 hours or so (if you are in work for example).

A 1000VA will power a laptop and stereo for 4 hours!
Routers take next to nothing to run.

Locky · 7 Nov 2006 at 16:12

so stay away from the belkin one then

can you get like surge protectors for just for LAN/DSl/phone/fax