[rescue] Alpha Maybe?

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Sun, 5 May 2002, Dave McGuire 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.
> >
> > 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.

Indeed, if your UPS doesn't last long enough to last through the power
failures, you need bigger batteries.

Peace...  Sridhar

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