INTRODUCTION

     With summer already here if you happen to be living in a place where the power grid tends to "fluctuate" during this season plugging in your PC and other crucial electronics onto a good UPS is always recommended. Unfortunately, aside temperatures power demands also spike during the summer period (primarily due to increased AC use) and well, the resulting power grid problems are never a good thing for anything electronic. Eaton is among the top brands in this field and today with me I have one of their most popular models to date the 5S 1500i.

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    The 5S line currently includes 550/700/1000/1500VA models with and without an LCD screen (my sample doesn't have one) all of which follow the line interactive topology (AVR with Booster + Fader). Once again due to its very good automatic voltage regulation, optimal battery life and efficient power transfer the line interactive topology is 2nd best only to online (double conversion) one and so it's ideal even for sensitive electronic devices including of course PCs. The 5S series also features automatic surge reduction, auto shutdown, telephone line & modem/fax protection (two RJ11 connectors), breaker, front activity LED, horizontal or vertical placement and a  HID-compliant USB host port via which you can use Eaton's UPS Companion software (enables safe system shutdown, energy usage metering and easy configuration of UPS settings). As for the 1500VA model which I have here with me supports up to 900W output, has 8 IEC C13 outlets (4 battery powered and surge protected and 4 surged protected only) and uses two 12V 9.0Ah maintenance-free sealed lead-acid batteries (deep discharge protection) easily replaceable by the end user.