UPS for Hopper w/Sling and other AV equipment

[comfortably_numb]

I'm planning to invest in a UPS to protect my Hopper w/Sling, Flat Panel TV, cable modem and router. I can't find any specs on the Hopper's watt usage. Does anybody know? This is the unit I'm considering (need something under $100)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intelligent...erruptible_Power_Supplies&hash=item19d9a30da5

 

[dare2be]

I think I remember the Hopper using somewhere around the 45W range. TV, receiver, modem and router wouldn't even come close to maxing out the UPS. I use the next lower model on my 722, TV & DVD recorder, which I got on sale at Staples during Black Friday one year:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00095W91O/?tag=satell01-20

By the way, this looks like the same model that you posted, except it's $9 cheaper and from Amazon instead of Ebay:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RZPK1M/?tag=satell01-20

 

[comfortably_numb]

I think I remember the Hopper using somewhere around the 45W range. TV, receiver, modem and router wouldn't even come close to maxing out the UPS. I use the next lower model on my 722, TV & DVD recorder, which I got on sale at Staples during Black Friday one year:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00095W91O/?tag=satell01-20

By the way, this looks like the same model that you posted, except it's $9 cheaper and from Amazon instead of Ebay:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RZPK1M/?tag=satell01-20

Thank you. I appreciate it.

 

[dare2be]

I see you just liked my post before I edited it, you might want to read it again.

 

[comfortably_numb]

The info still helpful...I had no idea on the power consumption of the Hopper (I've heard some people say it's like a small refrigerator). And since my RCA 46-inch TV consumes 300 Watts while turned on, I didn't want to max-out

 

[dare2be]

300 watts? Yikes. Is it a plasma?

 

[comfortably_numb]

No, LCD. I found the specs here: http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/RCA-46LA45RQ.htm

 

[gadgtfreek]

I updated another thread here last week, mine was around 43 watts recording. When I added the second hopper I bought a BackUps 550 for it and the indoor antenna.

 

[dwarren2]

I just put my Hoppers and ehd's on the battery side of my ups's. The TV I just put on the surge suppression side. In a poer failure, I want to be able to continue to record a read into the buffer. If I loose the TV while the power is out, that's OK with me.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I ended up buying one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/380586661911?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I tested it by killing the breaker; it ran the TV, Hopper w/Sling, powered OTA antenna, router and cable modem for 8 minutes. Not too bad.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Not bad, will run longer without tv.

Ive had the 1500w version of that cyberpower for awhile now and its been great. Itll run just the DVR for a long time.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Not bad, will run longer without tv.

Ive had the 1500w version of that cyberpower for awhile now and its been great. Itll run just the DVR for a long time.

No doubt. It shows 68 minutes run time with the TV off. That should cover just about any power outage we have around here.

 

[lazydogmot]

We took a Kill A Watt and measured everything we were going to connect to the USP and decided a 450W APC model would be ample to finishing anything we were recording at the time of a power failure. The one you are looking at looks like it will do fine.

What it is also great for is not having the receiver reboot when there is a short duration power outage so we don't have gaps in what we were watching.

Edit: Oops, is see you got one already. It looks good.