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Regarding UPS, there are a few posts on here including this very cheap option for a few bucks.

DIY- Battery Backup Hubitat- under TEN bucks-NO soldering

EDIT 03/2022- There have been multiple reports of this same board being redesigned , such that there is now a momentary drop of power when switching from wall power to battery, rendering it useless as a UPS. My original boards are working fine 2+ years later, but that original board revision might not be obtainable. And like everything else, the price of lithium cells has skyrocketed(from 4-> ~9$) Essentially killing my initial sub 10 dollar solution. Using hubitat as my security system, I n…

If you want to power more devices like the router too then yeah best to get a larger option I think. This may help...

Simple UPS

I grabbed one of these based off of recommendations in the forums and it works great. I can unplug it and move my hub around without having to shutdown the hub at all. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00ME3ZH7C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You will also need a barrel to usb adapter like this as you will be plugging into the usb port and not the supplied barrel connector. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01N7RL57X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Whats a good sized UPS for me?

Hey y'all, just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of a good brand (if they were sold in aus that would prob be a bonus) and good size UPS to have my HE, modem and Synology attached to. Where I live in Queensland we get some pretty savage storms in summer so if I can get this sorted now I wont have to worry about it when the season rolls around.

For notification regarding power out, the below may give some ideas...

Is there a way to be notified if I loose power?

Just wondering. Ideally if power is ever lost, I would like to receive a text notification. My router/modem is on a battery backup, so if power is lost, I still have internet. (for about an hour). Moving the hubitat to battery backup would be trivial. I have several dimmer switches, which receive mains power. They are all on different circuits, so even one circuit tripping wouldn't effect multiple switches. Is it possible to set up an automation that says 'If switch 1, 2, and 3 go offlin…

I really like the one that uses WiFi presence (eg. check a cheap WiFi plug device using its reserved IP address to see if it's still accessible/online). Then power down the hub a certain time after that fails according to how long your UPS will last.