UPS

[Steve]

I am going to invest in a mid-cost UPS.

All my IT kit, Sky, TV, router etc in my bedroom is plugged into sockets that are all controlled by one 13A FCU.

My plan is to take the feed from the FCU into a flex outlet, to an IEC plug to the UPS. Then another IEC to another flex outlet to the above mentioned sockets.

The reason for doing this is mainly to protect the stuff from spikes, my telly recently went mad, i suspect mains fluctuations. (We dont have many powercuts, and I dont trust surge strips - yuck)

Will most UPS's protect from spikes and give a clean supply? Do I need an additional FCU on the load side of the UPS?

 

[Spark123]

Depends on what type of UPS you buy - most of the all in one box variety I have seen only switch to the inverter when there is a suppy fault.
On the other hand I have seen big UPSs where the load is connected to an inverter which is connected to a charger and batteries all the time.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

My plan is to take the feed from the FCU into a flex outlet, to an IEC plug to the UPS.

Why not just put a BS1363 plug on the UPS and plug it in?

Then another IEC to another flex outlet to the above mentioned sockets.

What's the point of the flex outlet?

Will most UPS's protect from spikes and give a clean supply?

No - only on-line ones will do that.

Do I need an additional FCU on the load side of the UPS?

No - the output of the UPS will be fused.

 

[333rocky333]

have you looked at "power conditioners" like

http://secure2.secureonlineshopping.biz/twintechnology/products.asp?partno=LE1200I

 

[Steve]

Why not just put a BS1363 plug on the UPS and plug it in?

Because the FCU and socket arrangement is already present.

What's the point of the flex outlet?

To convert the T+E into flex for an IEC, in a neat and tidy way, providing strain relief for the flex. Certainly better than chock blocks hanging in mid air. (The FCU is fixed flush to a chipboard "wallboard", part of a built in home entertainment centre I built myself some years ago. There is access behind the board from a cupboard below, and there is a shelf below to store the UPS)

Rocky, that product looks ideal. But I might as well go all the way and get a battery backup with AVR