yeah... it does not protect you in lightening storms? what caused me to buy it is I was just about to hit the enter key to compile the second program for LFS when the power shut off for like half a second. On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > 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 > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: