UPS for cordless phone

[BillP]

This question was originally posted by Steve on APC forums on 8/14/2011

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I have been an APCC user for more than 20 years now and I still have a number of APCC products at home for my computers, routers ... This time, I am looking for a UPS just to back up my cordless phone, from the spec of the phone, it literally draws almost nothing (8.5v and 500microamp). I am looking for an UPS that has no bells and whistles but can run my phone for, say, up to 12 hours of outage. I live in a rural area now and during a severe storm, power can be out for hours and without phone can be scary. No, we do not have cell service in the area (closest reception is about 6 miles away) and my old faithful MomBell, POTS phone is starting to fall apart (it's just about impossible now to get a good POTS phone).

[BillP · Accepted solution]

This reply was originally posted by Angela on APC forums on 8/15/2011

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well, the issue is all of the back ups support the lower loads but dont have the runtime you are looking for.

http://www.apc.com/products/runtime_for_extendedruntime.cfm?upsfamily=29

you're going to need to get a larger VA UPS (like a Smart UPS) which will have a longer runtime if you really need the 12 hours..

http://www.apc.com/products/runtime_for_extendedruntime.cfm?upsfamily=165