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Old 04-30-2017, 01:16 PM
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Default Flicker me this, flicker me that... Need UPS advice

Happy Sunday to all,

I live in South Florida, home to the thunderstorm capital of the US (I've been told), and Florida Power & Light (FPL), source of not the most consistent power. I get cleaned up power through a PS Audio P5 but I recently have a new power problem that happens before the juice gets to the P5.

Starting a month or two ago, I am getting power flickers (momentary drops of power to "0"), sometimes as frequent as twice a day, sometimes 2 or 3 days go by without one. I am getting worried about my sound and video equipment and other powered things in my house, Even if my equipment is not adversely affected, it's a real pain in the ass. I have to run to the other side of the house to turn back on my NAS, the DIRECTV boxes can take 15 minutes to restart and recycle, cable modem and routers take 10-15 min to get going--like I said, a pain... I was already starting to look at whole house surge protection and my house was built to take a emergency generator including automatic transfer switch which I will probably drop in before hurricane season. The power drop-outs, however, are such that power is back before a generator would kick in, even if I already had it. So, it looks like I need a UPS, or maybe several. Any recommendations would be appreciated, and I also have a couple of questions:

1. For my P5 and the equipment powered by it, will a UPS protecting it adversely affect the south? Are some UPSes better at not negatively affecting the sound of equipment supplied through the P5? Which ones?

2. My DIRECTV boxes are not on the P5- would that warrant a different (model) UPS?

2. Besides sound and video equipment, I would want to protect my cable modem, routers, etc. - would these want a different model UPS to be optimal.

3. Are there different types of UPS I should be aware of? I m is of APC, and other brands to consider?

Thanks,

Robert
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