[rescue] Alpha Maybe?

[Dave McGuire]

On May 5, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> > > That was my first thought in the subject actually..  I don't turn my
> > > computers off so it's not a problem...  However, the power around here
> > > really sucks and thunderstorm season is almost here....
> > 
> > That's what UPSes are for.
> > 
> > Peace...  Sridhar
> 
> No, that's *not* what UPS's are for..  UPS's are to give you enough time
> to shut your system down gently instead of just having them shut off.  My
> power goes down here for 1/2 to 1 hour at a time and then sometimes I have
> low voltage situations as it comes back up.  Now a UPS and a generator
> might work, but they won't let me run a generator in my apartment.

  Hmm, I have to agree with Sridhar here.  That's what *my* UPSs are
for.

    -Dave

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St. Petersburg, FL                                -Den