I know it’s not quite what you asked. But if you have a little DIY ability you could build a good UPS out of a 100ah LiFePO4 battery and inverter. I’ve seen a few youtube builds where the runtime beats out what you can get out of a regular UPS. And with less maintenance.
This is not a good idea unless you really know what you’re doing. High capacity batteries and high power circuits are pretty dangerous and there’s a surprising amount of complexity to build a reliable UPS. You’d probably have better luck modding an existing UPS (say from a flea market) to use a bigger battery if you are really desperate to save every dollar.
Plus making it yourself you probably won’t save any money unless you already have all of the tools required, which is pretty extensive if you wanna do things right/safely.
UPS For Less: https://batteryupsforless.com/ca/en/
If you can pick it up in person in Markham, it’s even cheaper. Bought a bunch of UPSes across a couple dozen years now, and replaced the batteries on many of them. Best prices I’ve found.
This is the kind of comment I was looking for!! Thank you good sir! I was hoping someone would have a link to a website that sells ups in Canada for a reasonable price!
Look for refurbished units, you can get enterprise grade units for like half the retail price. I recently got a refurbished APC from refurbups.com. Comes with brand new batteries, mostly rack mountable stuff. Ended up being a little over half the price of a brand new one with shipping. Can’t tell at a glance if they ship to Canada, but if not I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a similar Canada based site you could find.
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I know it’s not quite what you asked. But if you have a little DIY ability you could build a good UPS out of a 100ah LiFePO4 battery and inverter. I’ve seen a few youtube builds where the runtime beats out what you can get out of a regular UPS. And with less maintenance.
This is not a good idea unless you really know what you’re doing. High capacity batteries and high power circuits are pretty dangerous and there’s a surprising amount of complexity to build a reliable UPS. You’d probably have better luck modding an existing UPS (say from a flea market) to use a bigger battery if you are really desperate to save every dollar.
Plus making it yourself you probably won’t save any money unless you already have all of the tools required, which is pretty extensive if you wanna do things right/safely.
UPS For Less: https://batteryupsforless.com/ca/en/
If you can pick it up in person in Markham, it’s even cheaper. Bought a bunch of UPSes across a couple dozen years now, and replaced the batteries on many of them. Best prices I’ve found.
This is the kind of comment I was looking for!! Thank you good sir! I was hoping someone would have a link to a website that sells ups in Canada for a reasonable price!
Cheers!
Look for refurbished units, you can get enterprise grade units for like half the retail price. I recently got a refurbished APC from refurbups.com. Comes with brand new batteries, mostly rack mountable stuff. Ended up being a little over half the price of a brand new one with shipping. Can’t tell at a glance if they ship to Canada, but if not I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a similar Canada based site you could find.
In my experience Eaton UPSs are better than APC, CyberPower. Look at 5S1500LCD and the like.
I appreciate all of the comments everyone! Thank you all!
I’ll probably end up going with a EATON or APC, most likely refurbished to save some money.
If anyone has any websites they want to share of wholesalers that sell old office stuff within Canada, that would be amazing!