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APC BR1500 Back-UPS 1500VA for Home/Office Computers | 
 enlarge | Brand: APC
Category: CE
List Price: $303.15
Buy New: $199.58
You Save: $103.57 (34%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25.1
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 3.4 x 14.6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: BR1500
Model: BR1500
UPC: 731304193142
EAN: 0731304193142
ASIN: B0000936B6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Product Type - Back-UPS | | • | Connectivity - Interface Port USB, Extended runtime model, Rack Height 2 U | | • | Nominal Output Voltage - 120V | | • | Output Connections - (2) NEMA 5-15R (Surge Protection) ,(6) NEMA 5-15R (Battery Backup) |
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Product Description
This high performance desktop battery backup features maximum protection in a versatile design. The fully featured APC Back-UPS RS can be placed on the floor, or on a shelf. Up to six battery backup outlets with automatic voltage regulation (AVR) enable you to work through even the most frequent brownouts and power sags, keeping 75/90/110 minutes of battery power for when you need it most. For printers and other devices that do not store or process information, up to three additional outlets provide surge protection. Both Ethernet 10/100BaseT and telephone dataline surge protection safeguards against surges entering via network connections. The PowerChute Personal Edition software features easy-to-use safe system shutdown with sophisticated power management.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Where's the Alarm Cut-Off Switch July 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
While this UPS is very powerful to hold up both my PC & Mac systems, there's One BIG problem the engineers didn't think of and that's "No alarm cut off switch!!!" Every now and then my neighborhood loses power, then my UPS kicks in. So normally I check to see if its my circuit breaker or the whole block. If its my circuit breaker I tried to silence the alarm before going to the basement, but found there's No alarm cut off for the APC BR1500..., UN-BELIEVABLE!
 This is my 2nd one (but for good reason) December 11, 2007
The actual APC model number for this is "RS 1500" - it's a little confusing.
This is my 2nd purchase of this model from Amazon. I liked the 1st one on my server so much I bought another one for my entertainment center. With a big screen TV, A/V receiver, DVR and satellite box running, I have 15-20 minutes of power with just the enclosed battery (there's an optional external battery to extend the run time - I don't have that). Now I don't lose 15 minutes of something I'm recording just because we got a 1-second power outage (it takes a long time for the satellite box to reboot).
I'd definitely buy again (wait - I already did).
Glad I bought it. September 12, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Gives my P3 600 MHz + CRT about 30 minutes after the power is out, which seems to be happening more. Keeps a history of faults. I thought I bought the 1000VA unit for home, not this one, but that is what Amazon is saying.
Could use a few more outlets on the back, even if they were just the surge protector outlets. Wall warts cover up some slots, especially for the speakers.
You cannot run a refrigerator off of it. Yes you can plug it in, yes the lights will come on, fan motor will turn, but the moment the compressor kicks in pop goes the circuit breaker. Just thought you should know.
When buying battery backups, the manufacturers seem to love to hide what is the total amp-hours or watt-hours of the battery pack, and this one is hard to find too. Just compare run time at a certain wattage level. Whether a UPS can do 1000W or 1500W is less important than does it last 30 minutes or an hour. How many people have 1000W power supplies in their computer (yeah, the monitor and printer draws power too).
Best UPS I've had for home office, and most expensive March 21, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The reason I had to spend this much for a UPS (in January of 2007) is because I wanted to keep my Dual-Core Pentium PC with two hard drives and DVD drives, two external hard drives, an LCD monitor, a modem, and a network hub running for a few minutes when the power goes out. Whatever a salesman tells you, you can't do all that for much less than what this costs. I tried!
Both APC and Tripplite have good calculators on their websites that tell what size UPS you need for the amount of things you have relying upon the UPS. My advice is to upgrade one notch from what the calculator suggests. Modern PC's (plus modems and hubs) take much more power than they did five years ago.
I've had APC in the US since 1992 and while working as an IT manager in China for five years, so I trust it and find that the brand is still reliable.
This slim tower design fits nicely under my desk and allows for different sized plugs to be arranged sensibly in the back.
One little snag to this UPS worked itself out: when I first got it, a faint unpleasant smell came from the unit. I called APC and got through very quickly. They admitted knowing of the problem and said give it three weeks to burn off some circuit-board lamination materials. Within ten days the smell was gone and I now have no complaints. APC also said that future units would not have the problem. Plus I found out that APC's customer service was excellent.
Last note: when comparing the price, be sure to note that this is the RS series; some stores have an older, discontinued model that looks very similar.
Overall, I'm very satisfied and feel the price was fair for equipment and data protection. Fast delivery from Amazon.
Best investment, ever. March 18, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This has been the best investment I've made for quite some time. After experiencing the black out after the earthquake that hit Hawaii last year and having my computer die, I invested into this unit. I read a few reviews from various sites that said there was issues with it and that often times it came broken. I thought to myself the good reviews outweigh the bad so I'm going to try it and see. Sure enough this unit came with no problems. I plugged it in and let it charge over night. I then added my computer and my monitor to it. I've seen it kick in while the lights dimmed at my home and I'm so thankful that it has saved my computer. If anything everyone should invest in one of these for their computers. I fix computers for a living and more often than not people bring in their dead computers due to a power outage or power surge.
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