The description on this Amazon site says "Power outage back-up," but this doesn't appear in the instruction sheet. Is there a power backup?
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Yes, This unit holds it settings after a power outage so you don't have to reprogram it again and again.
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Yes there is a battery that recharges itself and never needs to be replaced. I believe it will hold your settings for 30 days. It is a marvelous timer/switch and I highly reccomend it. Earl Tillman
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Yes there is a battery that recharges itself and never needs to be replaced. I believe it will hold your settings for 30 days. It is a marvelous timer/switch and I highly reccomend it.Earl Tillman
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Mine looks different than this but it does store its own power so if it loses power it wont lose settings
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I agree. I see no evidence of this feature in the instructions. But there may be a capacitor in it that holds the settings even though it may be necessary to reset the current time when the power comes back on. Perhaps that is what they mean?
784778
It may be time to replace your back-up, look into CyberPower. They offer many different sizes to fit your needs. I put these at each computer and TV's/DVR also, as they protect from brown-out or complete outage.
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There is no battery back-up. There is a large capacitor inside the unit, which will provide enough energy to get past short power glitches. The unit does not plug directly into the wall. It has a 'wall-wart', which supplies six volts unregulated, unfiltered DC to the unit. You could easily make a battery back-up, which would plug into the unit in place of the wall-wart as an extended back-up power supply. Here in Florida, the power is subject to recurring interruptions of short duration during summer thunderstorms. The unit has handled these without problems.
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to be honest i am not sure.you can go on the Tripp Lite site and possibly get the information. i have this product and my computer and screen and my back up drives are hooked into it so if power goes out i can easily finish anything i was working on and also turn the hardware off without any spikes or problems. it is great to have and if the power goes out for a long time i can also turn this device off and then switch it on when the power comes back on. i truly feel secure having this here.
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Hi!I still haven't used it. I have it stored away in case the power goes out.
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I ordered this as a gift for my son. It came with the power supply as advertised. If you purchased it from Amazon you are covered. Contact Amazon's customer service and request a power supply or replacement of the entire unit and I know they will take care of it. This is the main reason I always order from Amazon. I hope this helps. Dave J.
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I'm not sure, My second backup one burned out within 1 day of use. I called them and they told me to just send back to them and they would fix at no charge. I sent it in last week and waiting for it to get here. hope that helped
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There is battery back-up for a specified number of hours. I use the prerecorded message that came with the device. So far when the power has gone out, all I have to do is reset the time and date.
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Yes, the computer that the software is installed on will need to always remain on for email and all other alerts and motion activated video recording. A UPS battery backup is also a good idea for unexpected power outages, as the program can only be restarted at the computer it's installed on. You can use a hard wired or a WiFi laptop, as long as it has internet access. A wired connection would most likely be much faster.
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You probably should contact PumpAlarm.com as they have excellent customer service. That being said, I will give you my opinion. I would assume that even if the back-up batteries die, which they will over about 2 days (I know this), that when the power does come back on, the unit will re-activate and tell you that the power has come on at a specific time. What you lose if the back-up batteries die, is getting a message about the water level, or whatever it is you are trying to monitor, if there is a problem during the power outage. I believe that when the power comes back on, and IF there was an issue with water where it should not be (or whatever) you would then get a message about that issue. You probably should contact PumpAlarm.com as they have excellent customer service. That being said, I will give you my opinion. I would assume that even if the back-up batteries die, which they will over about 2 days (I know this), that when the power does come back on, the unit will re-activate and tell you that the power has come on at a specific time. What you lose if the back-up batteries die, is getting a message about the water level, or whatever it is you are trying to monitor, if there is a problem during the power outage. I believe that when the power comes back on, and IF there... » Read More You probably should contact PumpAlarm.com as they have excellent customer service. That being said, I will give you my opinion. I would assume that even if the back-up batteries die, which they will over about 2 days (I know this), that when the power does come back on, the unit will re-activate and tell you that the power has come on at a specific time. What you lose if the back-up batteries die, is getting a message about the water level, or whatever it is you are trying to monitor, if there is a problem during the power outage. I believe that when the power comes back on, and IF there was an issue with water where it should not be (or whatever) you would then get a message about that issue. « Show Less
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No battery backup. If you experience frequent power failures, you may get a UPS unit as the phone and handsets does not function when no power.
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Not that I know of. Anything plugged in has a battery back up. I am in an area of frequent power failures. More than one a month and it has not been a problem with the security system. You could call GE, I think it is GE/Jasco for the security system. Sorry I don't have the number with me. They are very helpful.
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Excuse me? Even in your complaint, it's listed as an External Battery Pack for 1500VA Back-UPS. The photo of it shows no outlets that would be necessary for a UPS unit. Amazon does carry the UPS. I purchased one in September 2011 & they are still selling them. The VA rating gives you the amount of power that the UPS can provide when the power goes out, but in and of ittself doesn't say how long it will provide that power. The external battery pack increases that time substantially.
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You probably should contact PumpAlarm.com as they have excellent customer service. That being said, I will give you my opinion. I would assume that even if the back-up batteries die, which they will over about 2 days (I know this), that when the power does come back on, the unit will re-activate and tell you that the power has come on at a specific time. What you lose if the back-up batteries die, is getting a message about the water level, or whatever it is you are trying to monitor, if there is a problem during the power outage. I believe that when the power comes back on, and IF there was an issue with water where it should not be (or whatever) you would then get a message about that issue.
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This model is wired with a battery backup. You are better off with both power sources as you always have alarm protection.
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Sorry but that is a question to ask the manufacturer. I looked at my battery backup unit and typed that into Amazon and bought it.
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Actually you do not need a battery backup for these items. A high quality Surge strip will cover them. The Battery Backups are really meant for computers, phone systems and medical devices that need to stay on during a brief power outage. I use one in my office for the Cable Modem (voice and internet), the Router, my main office PC, and the cordless phone base. I have a couple of these 350's in another office on the phone CPE (basically a modem), the phone switch and internet router. If you do get one think about what gets plugged into the battery side and what is on the surge protected side.