ups

[Michael Havens]

you have 12 year old computers?

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
wrote:

>
> I've been using isobar since about 1993.  I believe that is why I have not
> had any equipment failure.  13 or 14 years ago the transformer attached to
> where I was living exploded.  I was sure it cooked my computer.  Nothing
> happened to my computer.
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=isobar&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=84109345576&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6200554956233029823&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_2hv0pgf2to_b_p2
>
> Of course it is not going to keep your computer running when the power
> goes out.
>
>
>
> On 2015-10-11 16:11, Steve Litt wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:39:53 -0400
>> Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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
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