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Sinclair-Speccy | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @9c01cb3c What even is a UPS? I’ve looked them up and still don’t get what they’re supposed to be
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Karl Baron | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @af151d0b Uninterruptible Power Supply. So when there’s a power blip or outage a battery takes over and your machines don’t crash/reboot and your internet connection stays up.
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Sinclair-Speccy | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @9c01cb3c Ah. I always see them being advertised on Facebook marketplace but they’re broken ones
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Karl Baron | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @af151d0b Yeah standard ones all use Lead Acid batteries that die after 2-3 years at which point they become toxic waste that's difficult to dispose of.

You can get a dead marketplace one and replace the battery easily but the replacement battery is 2/3 the cost of a new device so not worth the risk of getting a bad device.

Which is why I wish Li-ion DC ones were common. It could literally be the price of a generic USB battery bank. And Li-ion if lightly used could last a decade