Which UPS for Router

[LeBrocoli]

Hi,

My router has this rating 5A/12V for 60 watts. Does this means 60 watts per hour?

Anyhow, if I want my router to run for 24 hours, which UPS do I need? My goal was 3 days but is seems like I would need a gigantic UPS, so let's go for 24 hours for now.

Thanks

[Teken]

Almost every APC UPS has a Runtime Calculator on its main page. Some have a minimum load say 90 watts before it will show you the operational runtime provided based on that load.

So enter 60 watts into the calculator for whatever APC model you’re considering and see what runtime is available. 

Outside of your router being a enterprise server it won’t be anywhere close to 60 watts! It will be more like 5~20 watts instead for a consumer router.

Other considerations is budget and pure sine wave vs approximate step sine wave. In 2024 it makes very little sense buying anything but a sine wave system unless your budget is very limited. ☝️

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[LeBrocoli]

Thanks. Seems like the BGM1500 model is out of stock. Do you know when it will be available again?

[Teken]

What resellers are you looking at? As you can buy direct from APC, CDW, New Egg, Best Buy, Deploy Depot, Staples etc.