Owner`s manual

American Power Conversion is a well established company that makes a
plethora of products related to power protection which are used world wide
and not just in the audio/video realm. I won’t try to list all of the products
made by APC but believe me they have years of experience at making
products that people trust and rely on.
In speaking to one of their production people it was very obvious to me that
APC AV is very proud of the design/implementation of the Model S15. After
spending some time with it I am here to tell you that they should be. The
S15 is a power conditioner/surge protector with a battery backup that
provides automatic voltage regulation, and has a continuous rated watt
capacity of 900 watts. The unit comes with a 2 year warranty that includes
the battery and has an msrp of $1500.
The S15 comes in either silver or black finishes with the BLK designation
coinciding with the black model. The unit is rather large and hefty weighing
in at just over 60 lbs. For those who plan to shelf mount it you will want to
ensure that you have plenty of depth as the unit is just over 18 inches deep.
The unit came securely packed from APC and contained the S15 (with
battery pack installed but disconnected), front display panel/bezel
(separately packaged), 10 foot AC power cord, 3 coaxial patch cables, 1 DC
trigger cable, PowerChute Personal Edition Software (more on that later),
USB interface cable, 1 telephone patch cable, 1 Ethernet patch cable, 1
complete rack mount kit and owners manual.
Once unpacked, assembly of the S15BLK was straight forward thanks to the
concise instructions in the owner’s manual. The unit ships with the battery
installed but disconnected. Connection was simple and required plugging the
battery wire connector into the corresponding input. The front bezel/control
panel snapped into place with ease and I was ready to go with set up. I took
a moment to marvel at how attractive the S15BLK is. The unit is anodized
black and the front panel is striking with its four silver control buttons
mounted on either side of the Vacuum Fluorescent Display which is framed
in oval silver. There are a series of blue LED’s (that are set against a black
background) which provide settings information as well as system
conditions. The entire control center is set within a larger silver oval at the
base of which is the system’s power button that glows blue when set to On.