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Appearance
Front
From the front of the unit we can find only one button; Power. Below it are six indicator leds that tell the current status of the UPS. You can also spot the sticker that reads 20.000 euros. This is the max. amount that you can receive in compensation if for some reason the computer setup that were protected by the UPS gets damaged. Conditions that leads to compensation are listed on the insurance policy and when buying, one should check the list.
Back
1000 UPS Energy protector can be used to protect phones, fax or modems. IN and OUT connectors in form of RJ-11 are provided but you will need to get the needed extension cable yourself as it is not bundled with the unit. Fan with ball bearings is keeping things cool all the time; Even when it is not that necessary. Fan itself doesn't adjust the speed by the heat so it is on all the time. In desktop use the noise can get bit annoying. On the bottom left we find an automatic circuit breaker. You can simply reset the fuse after an overload. No need to replace anything.
One INPUT for mains power and four OUTPUTs for monitors, PSUs, networking equipment etc. are provided. Like the name impies, the unit is rated at 1000 VA thus allowing it to supply a lot of power for several pieces of equipment. Many of the smaller units are rated only at 400 - 500 VA so this UPS should offer a lot more uptime and make it possible to use more power hungry components with it. More of this on benchmarks.
Appearance
To give you some perspective about the real life size of the unit I took a regular sized Shuttle setup next to it. Trust's UPS is bit longer than the miniPC but the height is the same. Weight on the other hand is something completely different. Because the UPS contains batteries and have steel housing it weights a nice 13 kilograms. It is heavy but I don't think that you were planning on taking it to the LANParties in the first place. ;)
Closer look
Bottom
Batteries
Even though the label states that you should not open the unit, the batteries are made changeable by the user. Inside you will find two 12 volt 7.0 Ah batteries, made by CSB Battery in China. Some recommend that you should change the batteries of the UPS units every two years but I don't think that there are any 100% accurate rules for it. It is best to make a little test now and then by pulling off the mains to see how well the batteries perform. As the unit doesn't have any means of realtime monitoring via, for example USB or serial ports this remains the only viable way of keeping track of battery status.
Electronics
Just wanted to show you this "little" transformer. Big physical size of the components themselves try to tell you something about the quality of the unit. You just can't supply a lot of power, offer less than 6ms response time or 150 Joule spike protection with just tiny surface mounted components. Because of all this added weight, it is good to know that you can't knock this unit off the table in accident that easily.
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