On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:39:53 -0400 Michael Havens wrote: > I finally broke down and bought a UPS:( I got a 650 VA for $57. The > 550 VA was $55 so I figured it was worth the 2 extra dollars. Now I > don't have to worry about frying my computer during one of the many > lightening storms here in gainesville! > That's a great price! The benefit of a UPS isn't preventing frying in a lightning storm. A simple surge protector does a better job of that. A UPS prevents your computer frying during a brownout or severel rapid transitions between power and no power. It also gives you a reasonable timeframe to perform an orderly shutdown, and in cases of > 1minute power outages, which describes over half of our power outages here in Seminole County Florida, you just keep computing. Another great thing about a UPS is when your printer starts up and all the lights dim and your ceiling fan slows down, (Brother MFC8810dw prints suck *a lot* of current), you hear your UPS click, but otherwise there's no sign of the undervolt. I hate to thing what would happen to my box if I didn't have a UPS. I wouldn't be caught dead without a UPS on my daily driver or my whole-house pfSense router/firewall. SteveT Steve Litt October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss