APC J15BLK 12-Outlet J-Type Power Conditioner with Battery Backup

by APC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 18 x 5.2 inches ; 47 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 59 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000G5YO9W
• Item model number: J15BLK
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #26 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Power Conditioners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2006

Product Description

This APC 12-Outlet J-Type Power Conditioner with Battery Backup provides 865 Watts of clean power and backup capabilities to 12 NEMA 5-15R outlets. The maintenance-free sealed lead-acid battery is equipped with a leakproof suspended electrolyte for safety and convenience. It provides 13.4 minutes of backup time at half-load, and 3.9 minutes at full load. This package also includes: Cat-6 Ethernet cable, installation CD, removable heavy-duty 12-gauge input power cord, removable support feet, a USB cable and a user manual.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars APC Power conditioner, January 28, 2008

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M. R. Quan "Vetteboy2k" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: APC J15BLK 12-Outlet J-Type Power Conditioner with Battery Backup (Electronics)

This ia an amazing product and highly recommend for anyone with a decent investment in audio-visual equiptment. It offers that piece of mind that your expensive LCD/Plasma TV, A/V Receiver, DVD player, Blu-Ray, Player, etc. are all protected from power spikes, surges as well as filtering the power to enhance quality. The battery backup is great in that I don't have to go through all my components to re-configure clock and other settings. What a pain that has been over the years. Plus now I can watch TV even if power is out for a few hours at least.

Had a string of thunderstorms and rain storms over past months and it was reassuring to hear the audible beeps and clicks telling me that the APC was doing its job of catching spikes as well as providing the sporadic battery backup for power outages.

I also looked at the Monster Cable product and a few others, but the APC looks the coolest, easy to configure, and has the name behind it. I have a few of their UPS for my computers and they never let me down!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars APC, the only real name in battery backup, July 24, 2008

By 

Paul Belanger (Scarborough, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: APC J15BLK 12-Outlet J-Type Power Conditioner with Battery Backup (Electronics)

I've used APC for years and I couldn't tell you how many brown-outs they've saved my computer from rebooting through. So when it came time for a power conditioner and battery solution for the widescreen LCD TV and home entertainment system, APC was my only choice. Unfortunately, at the time, they had nothing available. This unit was worth the wait.

This thing is a monster. Weighing in at about 50 pounds it is the size of a PC (before they shrank). It was a bit challenging figuring out how to place it but with a 10' power cable I could've strung it across the apartment. It was easy to setup and the menu system is intuitive, and their manual goes through every screen as well (for those that like to RTFM).

What I like most is the load meter, watts being used, and time remaining displays (you can change the default display to any of the possible ones they have easily). There's even a calibrate feature where you can have your normal load on it, run the calibration, and it will switch to battery until there are 3 min remaining. This allows the unit to update itself to give more accurate information and they recommend doing that every 6 months. I'll be trying that later today.
UPDATE: The calibrate feature actually runs off the battery for only a few minutes to see how much load is used. It uses this information to give a more accurate display.

When working in the I.T. field I had the opportunity to try several different UPS brands and none compare to APC. Their support, quality, and reliability have made me a permanent customer of theirs. This unit is well worth the price. There's even a statement in the documentation about NOT needing to turn it off during a lightning storm. I have yet to test that and found it odd to see a company state that. It sure tells you of their confidence in their product, and they guarantee it up to $750,000.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Upate on Dimensions & Weight, November 27, 2009

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A. Carter (Bellingham, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: APC J15BLK 12-Outlet J-Type Power Conditioner with Battery Backup (Electronics)

This product's dimensions and weight listed on Amazon's page are NOT accurate as of 11/27/09. It is currently listed as 24 x 22 x 13 inches; 59 pounds. These dimensions are the product's SHIPPING size and weight. The actual product dimensions and weight are: 17"W x 18"D x 5.25"H and 47 lbs. [...]