CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS Battery Backup and Surge Protector

Working with my friend ChatGPT to setup a UPS to cover my Home Assistant, Modem, Router & POE switch. With a little work and help from ChatGPT I was able to connect this UPS to Home Assistant fairly easily & quickly. Note that plug spacing is tight, so for the larger power supply plugs, I purchased 1 ft 1625 watt rated extension cords, you can easily plug the clunky power supply plugs into those and the cord into the battery backup ports. Simple serial connection to Home Assistant. After a small integration with Home Assistant I now have power backup and it's monitored by Home Assistant. It's pretty heavy, but it is noiseless and provides predictable power backup. Battery life is expected to be about 3 hours with the power I'm drawing from it. Good Purchase.

UPDATE: After getting a replacement from CyberPower, my UPS is working great and although time will tell how reliable this UPS is but so far I am pretty happy with the UPS and CyberPower's customer service. After using my previous APC UPS for more than 6 years, I decided to buy another UPS with more output power and after some research ended up deciding on this stylishly looking CyberPower 1000PFC-LCD UPS with 10 outlets (big Plus for me). Per the instructions, I first plugged the unit in at night for 13 hrs to get the battery charged but when I looked at the battery status the next morning it was only 20% charged. Since, I didn't have 8 more hours to wait I plugged in all of my gadgets (PC, Router, Printer, NAS, Phone, etc) and assumed it would charge the battery while it is ON. Please NOTE that I use VOIP phone which was connected to the [Battery + Surge] outlet on this UPS. After an hour or so I picked up my VOIP phone to make a call but it was dead had an error msg showing "Base Unit not connected", so I right away checked the UPS and it was OFF. Although, I was surprised but thought may be there was some kind of power fluctuation so I turned the unit ON again and looked at the battery status which was now at 0%. This time I stayed there to see if the battery is being charged or not and to my surprise and total disappointment the unit started beeping and I saw the FAULT icon with [F03] error message, which means "Charger Fault". Now, I knew this was a DOA unit but the thing that made me HATE this unit now is the fact below: ==> If there is an issue with the Battery Charger or if the battery needs replacement, then you won't be able to continue using the UPS altogether as it will NOT STAY ON. This means you CAN NOT use any of the [Surge Only]/[Battery + Surge] Outlets of this UPS as it will automatically shuts itself down once it figures out that the battery is NOT charging. I consider this a BIG DESIGN FLAW and might also be a sinister way of making money by forcing the customers to buy the replacement batteries before the battery is actually dead. I was able to continue using my APC UPS for another 2 years after its battery was dead.......and that means I was able to use ALL OF its 8 Outlets (including the Battery/Surge outlets). [I give this 2 stars for the looks and 10 outlets] I will be sending this unit back and unfortunately won't be buying it again though I really liked the looks of it plus the 10 outlets. :(

This is a solution for assured compatibilty with sensitive equipment that requires true sine wave power as is the usual requirement for most sensitive equipment like computer desktops. Recently there was experienced a power incompatibility issue with competitor brands that were not true sine wave but had a simulated sine wave output that is not smooth enough power for our desktop system that has an Active PFC internal power supply and instantly crashed when supplied the "simulated" sine wave power of two alternate brands using that inferior technology. My experience with other CyberPower true sine wave UPS units has been positive, and so far a same good result for this model. This does pass the test for supplying true sine wave power required by sensitive equipment. I tried to save expense by trying competitors less expensive simulated sine wave technology which failed to be compatible with the clean power requirements of our computers. It was wasted time that would have been avoided by first choosing the proven performer that is the CyberPower true sine wave technology. Also the power panel software that is used by CyberPower works well and is easy to use. CyberPower is the way to go. So a five star rating has been earned. A 3 year warranty came on the 9 year old unit that is still working fine on the system I am using to type this review. Supplemental Note: USB device cable communication port is provided on back of units and works with the Power Panel user software to display operating information, select alarm and event notification behaviors, select shutdown options, view event logs, and perform a Pass / Fail self-test. By comparing the predicted battery run time before the self-test with the predicted battery run time after the self-test, a good indication of battery health may be determined. If the predicted battery run time is substantially reduced by a self-test, then the batteries service life remaining for standby use is deteriorated and the time is arrived for needed renewal replacement of the standby battery pack. In standby use the battery may optimally last 5 to 8 years and this interval is affected by how many discharge cycles and for how long were those discharge cycles. With less frequent, less duration use of the battery backup power the batteries last longer, and with more frequent heavier use the batteries will wear out more quickly. With heavy use I have experienced need for replacement batteries after about 3 years, but with only slight use I have experienced batteries standby service life more than 9 years from the original batteries supplied by CyberPower in the new units. CyberPower gets the job done very well and is a trustworthy source for this technology.

UPDATE: Before the fire episode below, I had purchased several CyberPower UPS units at different capacities and Amazon doesn't seem to allow you to differentiate your review based upon WHICH size you purchased, but now SEVERAL of these units have failed. At least they didn't start a fire, but they are intermitten, sneaky failures where your computer or router or whatever you are trying to provide power to, will just stop working with no warning beeps or codes. The utility company power will be 'on' but the CyberPower will just shut down and fail to pass along the power company's power. It will later indicate the battery was full, but still, it just shuts down so that it is WORSE than if you had nothing at all ! It actually interrupts the power that existed! Terrible quality control apparently, or design defects. ORIGINAL: Like several others who have written in, this unit is a real fire risk. I happened to come into the room where my UPS was operating, sitting on a carpeted floor. I smelled a strong electrical fire odor and saw smoke in the room. I traced the smoke to the UPS and tried to turn it off. It just kept displaying 72 minutes remaining. I unplugged it. Still smoke and smell and the case was hot to touch. Its vents were not covered by anything, and it had "breathing room" and I could see the smoke coming out. The display stayed on. I tried the switch again. Couldn't turn it off. I decided I would have to remove the battery, but the door wouldn't open. I was getting worried with the heat and smoke it was still generating so I finally grabbed a screwdriver and chisel and managed to pry the battery door loose so i could remove a battery connection. THEN it shut off. About two months ago it began dropping power to my desktop so I had unplugged that CPU because my wall power was more reliable at that point, frankly; that left me running two flat screen monitors and the speaker amp for the computer. Enough people have had smoke or fire problems with this unit that a recall should be considered or at least directions for how to quickly remove the battery; otherwise people can be breathing the smoke and fumes in a small space (under a computer desk) while trying to figure out how to shut the darn thing down in a hurry, assuming they were home and lucky enough to spot the problem early ! I've written the company about the situation and asked if there is a recall out there somewhere. UPDATE 4-23-17: I emailed the company immediately, giving the facts and asking if any recalls, and within a day, an email reply suggested I call tech service. The unit was past warranty time but given the nature of the failure, I suggested registered owners be contacted ASAP with the quickest way to kill power to the circuitry if they experience what some of us have experienced. That's a reasonably inexpensive precaution, especially if panic resulted or someone doesn't have tools handy. Tech Support is having me return the unit for examination and supplying a replacement unit for the hassles, which seems reasonable. BTW, the battery seemed ok, once removed.

The unit is smaller than I expected but works well. Setup was very easy and the power Panel software is very useful, especially for event logging. It already spotted a power Co. over-voltage transient that I missed. The run time is less than I expected based on the 12V 9AH battery it uses. That battery contains 6480 watt minutes at 100% (unrealistic) efficiency to full drain. When the unit arrived, I fully charged it for 18 hours at room temp and ran a test using a 60 W incandescent bulb. The bulb drew 54 watts and also 54 VA (expected since it is a resistive load). I timed how long it took for the UPS battery to get to 10% capacity (at which point the rapid beeping starts) running that bulb. During this period, running purely on the battery, the output voltage stayed at 120 V, 60 Hz, and the watts and VA stayed at 54. Bravo. It took 36 minutes to reach that point, which amounts to 1944 watt minutes using 90% of capacity. Assuming 6480 watt minutes in the battery, and 5832 watt minutes to its 90 % point, shows that the unit converts battery energy to 120 VAC at about 33% efficiency (at a load point of 54 watts delivered.) Of course, there are other things running inside the UPS, but I would have guessed 50% efficiency if I had not run this test. The efficiency may be higher, at greater loads. (If there is a fan running, it is so quiet that I do not notice it.) The battery capacity also may be below its advertised rating. As I write this, my PC, monitor, and critical equipment are drawing 192 Watts from the UPS, and it predicts a 15 minute run time, which equates to 2880 watt minutes to full discharge. But that is an approximate calculation by the unit and not a test. I myself am not assuming anything more than 2000 watt minutes available. According to the advertising, the unit is rated at the following runtimes: 3 Minutes at Full-load 9 Minutes at Half-load Assuming the Full load to be 600 watts that equates to 1800 - 2700 watt minutes available, so my 2000 watt minute observation seems reasonable. One great feature is the ability to use the included power panel software to gracefully turn down your PC after a given time on UPS power. It comes with 5 minutes as a default, but the software makes it extremely easy to change this and other parameters. I currently have the turn down interval set to 3 minutes, in order to hoard watt minutes of battery power for my cable modem.

As of writing this, the unit has been functional, and has been in action a few times with no significant issues and only a few areas for improvement. Wattage use: Throughout usage I have at most used it in brief bursts of ~500 watts, the highest it consistently is around however is a mere 300 watts, and at all times, it has made no fan noise that I have noticed. Backup use: On two occasions my house power flickered off for a few seconds then back on, and the UPS saved my PC from an unnecessary shutdown. Additionally, there was one time wherein my power company had a 3 hour long severe outage and during that time this UPS ensured I was able to safely shut down my pc, then use the remaining charge on the battery to keep my mesh router powered for an additional two hours. Unknowns: I have yet to test the ethernet port which I have heard may cause some packet loss, so I may update with results on that. I have not tested the additional "shutdown" software Cyberpower provides for use with this device so cannot attest to the quality of that, but out of the box software-only settings have worked great for me. While the power company does have rare outages and semi-frequent flickers, I have yet to experience any surges in 10+ years so cannot attest to it protecting my devices from surges, but have confidence in it. Phone Charger Ports Low-power letdown: I am slightly disappointed in the wattage of the "phone charger" ports (the front-facing USB-A and USB-C) as while they do reach what the specifications in their manuals say, a star is still lost as that is a good bit below standard for 2026, especially on a mid-range unit. Can be mitigated by plugin in a higher wattage charger on one of the outlet ports and using a cable with that instead, but that fills a slot that could have been empty if the phone ports were powerful enough. Outlet port spacing: High quality, with little to comment on for this, besides that the phone ports are a bit awkward for some use cases, unless setting this unit on the floor for example. Power cables of the UPS itself seem to be quality and have posed no issues with decent flexibility and length. Usability: Very easy to use, for more technical enthusiasts the one warning I have is to be sure you get a unit with sufficient wattage output, especially if planning to upgrade. Particularly on the mid-high PC side where 850W+ is becoming more common, as well as the higher-power amplifier side.

House electricity was causing issues with my Cox DVR. A lot of reboots and lockups. This took care of it. No issues for several weeks now. Cured a very aggravating problem. Cox should tell people this. Easy to setup for my use. I just left the factory default settings as is so nothing to do except plug in everything and turn on.

This sine wave UPS was ordered to power my Direct-TV Genie DVR and associated peripherals. It sits in my electronics repair shop out of the way, but easy to keep an eye on. When we have a power glitch, surge, etc., the Genie looses it's TV guide, and also has to go through a reset. This takes anywhere from a few minutes to a half hour, during which you cannot use your TV. I ran a run of #14 Romex house wire from the shop to the living room, with a heavy duty commercial grade plug on one end, and a single in-line outlet on the other end. The living room has two surge protector multi-outlet strips plugged into the UPS Romex cable. One of the strips (from Philips) has a master outlet that controls other outlets. This lets me turn on the TV, which then turns on power to the Blu-Ray, DVD player, and other equipment you cannot use without the TV anyway. One outlet is always on, which has the 2nd power strip plugged in. This "always-on" power strip powers the Genie DVR and the stereo. The UPS monitors the incoming power voltage & frequency, and the outgoing voltage, frequency, wattage used, etc. and also keeps tabs on "incidents" that have occurred. So far, there have been two, and I was unaware of both of them, but the UPS obviously took care of them. Neat! The display can be turned off for viewing at your convenience, or left on continuously. I leave mine off. It also gives an estimate of battery life when called into service. Mine estimates 86 minutes with the TV off. If we have an outage, I plan to turn the TV off to conserve battery power. It will certainly hold long enough for me to start the generator. This unit is very heavy for it's size, most probably due to battery capacity. It also features surge protection for everything; phone/fax, cable, AC mains, etc., and it is designed for a computer system which it can shut down by itself, supposedly, although I won't be using that function. Do I like it? Yes! Would I recommend it? Highly! Was it a good price? Yes! Would I buy another one? Considering it right now!

Excelente y con sus 600 watts suficiente para lo que lo requiero, sobre todo por la onda senoidal pura, que es un requisito indispensable para mi, es un equipo sobrio y elegante, la pantalla muy útil, proporciona información clave, puede quedarse encendida todo el tiempo, o puede apagarse al minuto, a elección del usuario, lo utilizo con una pantalla LG Oled Evo de 65” C5, un Xbox Series X y un módem con internet de 1Gb, el consumo varía con todo encendido entre 200 y con carga gráfica alta unos 350 watts, por el tipo de onda, no mete ruido a los equipos, es muy silencioso, el tiempo de respaldo con lo que estés trabajando o reproduciendo, marca entre 9 y 19 minutos, tiempo más que suficiente para apagar los equipos de manera correcta y segura, con el puro módem trabajando, la batería proporciona hasta 170 mins de respaldo, vale cada centavo, recomendado.

I have been buying CyberPower products for years because they are affordable and because you get a lot of premium features even in some of their least expensive units. The CP1000PFCLCD model here is just that. Very affordable with premium features like auto-voltage regulation and simulated sinewave so that it takes care of even the most delicate of electronics. A lot of people don't know that utility power coming out of their wall is not only dirty (full of noise) but also suffers from voltage spikes and sags quite regularly. All of these issues cause a lot of stress on modern day electronics. Not only does this allow you to safely shutdown your equipment during a power outage but it also safeguards your electronics from the poor quality power problems like voltage spikes, noise, voltage sags and surges as well. The cost of a unit like this one with these premium features will more than pay for itself by extending the life of your electronics like computers, switches, modems, routers, gaming systems and anything else found in a modern day home or small home/office or business. These advanced power quality correcting power back-up systems are just a must have today and it's why I have so many of them all over my home protecting all my sensitive electronic equipment. I'm happy to report that I have had 0 hardware failures due to power issues over the decades because of these CyberPower UPS units protecting everything in my home and small business. I've even noticed that the quality of these CyberPower units last forever. My oldest one is 15 years old and still going strong. The batteries have all lasted at least 8 years with the longest battery lasting 10 years! I've never had any batteries or UPS last this long from other brands like APC etc. Honestly I can't say enough good things. If you care about your electronics and you want the absolute best protection then get a CyberPower UPS with Auto voltage regulation like this one. You won't be sorry. I'm haven't been!

Como siempre la entrega y el servicio de Amazon sin problemas Aunque la marca del producto no es muy conocida en México se puede decir que hasta el momento ha cumplido con el propósito y solo una vez tuve un problema con el pues llego alta la carga (según esto) y apago automáticamente el equipo, aunque la verdad es que la carga se regulo el aparato la siguió detectando alta y nunca se quito al parecer se trabo y el software solo funciono como esta programado para apagar el equipo pero no fue hasta que manualmente reinicie el no break que volvió a funcionar con normalidad, ese es el único evento raro que he tenido, pero de ahí en fuera no ha habido ningún otro y para mi es como si no hubiera pasado nada, cabe mencionar que el no break esta encendido todo el día pues en el tengo montado varias cosas como el teléfono, la impresora, el nas, un equipo de sonido, etc., y no ha gastado mucha luz hasta el momento. Pros Silencioso Ahorrador Moderno Elegante Personalizable (hasta cierto punto, pero lo necesario para dejar un buen sabor de boca) Con una interface adsequible Buen software pero nada que sea para presumir Prácticamente no se calienta Es liviano y compacto Contras Solo el caso raro que me paso pero de ahí en fuera ninguno Resumen Es PFC de onda sinusoidal pura, trae 10 contactos mas ethernet y coaxial y sin descuento es aún más barato que otras marcas como ISB o Koblenz, pero mi consejo es que esperen a las ofertas de Amazon y se llevarán una ganga como fue mi caso.

Bought this solely for my NAS protection and it has worked very well automatically shutting down it down during power failures. Going to purchase the larger capacity unit for my AV rack.

Has been perfect since I got it and hooked it up; had several brief power outages, and worked as intended. This is only so you have time to shut your electronics down; NOT to keep using them when the power goes out. They tell you in the instruction manual; but I've had family repeatedly ask if it will run their electronics when the power goes out.