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BrandAPC
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Item Width12 centimetres
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U-Rack Size1
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Manufacturer's Description
APC Smart-UPS protects your data by supplying reliable, network-grade power in either traditional Tower or Rack-optimized form factors for space constrained business critical applications. Award winning APC Smart-UPS is the perfect UPS for protecting business critical fileservers (Intel or UNIX based), minicomputers, network switches and hubs, Point of Sale, retail/bank back office and ATM's.
Product Description
**New Retail** 260W 420VA 230V Input/Output
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought it without doing too much research. It is very well built with a solid durable plastic front face and aluminium frame with steel casing.
420VA puts it in as an entry level unit but in reality this is more than enough to provide first class protection and a clean shutdown. I have mine connected to two IPS flatron led monitors and the PC is a custom built I5 overclocked with two HDD 1TB drives, 16GB ram, Windows 7 64bit. In testing this UPS was able to run my modern machine for a good 35 minutes idle and Powerchute reported a 25% load.
My two bugbears is this UPS is lacking a USB interface and the documentation leaves you in the dark if trying to achieve a minimal installation.
Step 1 (lack of USB)
My PC is bursting with USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports on the front and rear with no RS323 serial. I didnt want to fit a dedicated internal serial card so to solve this I bought:
StarTech 1 Port FTDI USB to Serial RS232 Adapter Cable with COM Retention...
Windows 7 auto detected the new port no problem and it seems its important to buy a quality adapter that is using the FTDI chipset.
Step 2 Software
By trial and error the only software necessary to install is "PowerChute Business Edition AGENT" which detected the unit no problem. You then simply visit [...] in a web browser to view usage reports and make any configuration changes. I discovered the APC network server and other packages on the CD are not necessary. I also discovered this APC Smart-UPS SC will not work with PowerChute PE (Personal Edition) as PE only supports APC units that have direct USB. I've also tried [...] but gave up trying to configure the package. PowerChute Business Edition Agent just works straight out the box with minimal system resources.
420VA puts it in as an entry level unit but in reality this is more than enough to provide first class protection and a clean shutdown. I have mine connected to two IPS flatron led monitors and the PC is a custom built I5 overclocked with two HDD 1TB drives, 16GB ram, Windows 7 64bit. In testing this UPS was able to run my modern machine for a good 35 minutes idle and Powerchute reported a 25% load.
My two bugbears is this UPS is lacking a USB interface and the documentation leaves you in the dark if trying to achieve a minimal installation.
Step 1 (lack of USB)
My PC is bursting with USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports on the front and rear with no RS323 serial. I didnt want to fit a dedicated internal serial card so to solve this I bought:
StarTech 1 Port FTDI USB to Serial RS232 Adapter Cable with COM Retention...
Windows 7 auto detected the new port no problem and it seems its important to buy a quality adapter that is using the FTDI chipset.
Step 2 Software
By trial and error the only software necessary to install is "PowerChute Business Edition AGENT" which detected the unit no problem. You then simply visit [...] in a web browser to view usage reports and make any configuration changes. I discovered the APC network server and other packages on the CD are not necessary. I also discovered this APC Smart-UPS SC will not work with PowerChute PE (Personal Edition) as PE only supports APC units that have direct USB. I've also tried [...] but gave up trying to configure the package. PowerChute Business Edition Agent just works straight out the box with minimal system resources.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
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2 reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
APC=5-STAR AMAZON=1-STAR
29 April 2010
This is a big AMAZON goof! (not the fault of APC)
(so, on this product: APC is 5-STAR, AMAZON is 1-STAR)
This SC420I is an "International" model.
(that last character in "SC420I" is a capital letter "I" for "International")
The source voltage on this international unit is 220VAC-240VAC only.
So, the 110VAC-120VAC model is:
"APC Smart-UPS SC SC420 420VA 120V UPS System"
It's available right here direct from AMAZON and, as of this writing, is 50 USD less!
AMAZON needs to do at least three things regarding this and TONS of similar issues:
1. Provide a comprehensive, store-wide product rating system differentiating product quality
issues from those of shipping, vendor, AMAZON site I/F, etc. issues.
2. Exercise FAR more diligence in providing and maintaining accurate product
descriptions, tech specs, photos, etc.
3. Fix their VERY messy, duplicitous, inaccurate, illogical search engine / interface / data base(s).
AMAZON's Mr. JB needs to come in off the golf course, stop playing with his Kindle for a moment,
and apply a bit more biz & personal responsibility in this little billion-dollar, low-overhead,
easy-to-do-right, ethereal (can't see, can't touch) product market!
(so, on this product: APC is 5-STAR, AMAZON is 1-STAR)
This SC420I is an "International" model.
(that last character in "SC420I" is a capital letter "I" for "International")
The source voltage on this international unit is 220VAC-240VAC only.
So, the 110VAC-120VAC model is:
"APC Smart-UPS SC SC420 420VA 120V UPS System"
It's available right here direct from AMAZON and, as of this writing, is 50 USD less!
AMAZON needs to do at least three things regarding this and TONS of similar issues:
1. Provide a comprehensive, store-wide product rating system differentiating product quality
issues from those of shipping, vendor, AMAZON site I/F, etc. issues.
2. Exercise FAR more diligence in providing and maintaining accurate product
descriptions, tech specs, photos, etc.
3. Fix their VERY messy, duplicitous, inaccurate, illogical search engine / interface / data base(s).
AMAZON's Mr. JB needs to come in off the golf course, stop playing with his Kindle for a moment,
and apply a bit more biz & personal responsibility in this little billion-dollar, low-overhead,
easy-to-do-right, ethereal (can't see, can't touch) product market!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This is a 220V only UPS - WILL NOT WORK ON 110V
23 Jun 2009
This is a 220V only UPS. It will not work on a 110V circuit. This is not mentioned anywhere in the Amazon description. The front of the included manual mentions 110V/220V/240V but the back of the device only shows 220V as the input and output voltages. All I can manage is a little beep noise when pressing the power button on the front.
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