[rescue] [RESOLUTION] APC MasterSwitch alternatives

[Michael Kaegler]

Thanks for everyone's input on MasterSwitch alternatives.

Some people suggested X10. Actually not a bad idea at all, but the 
security of it just worries me. I have no reason to suspect or think 
that someone would sit outside my house with a X10 transmitter and a 
screw driver just to turn my DSL modem off, but I still have that 
sense of "ick".

But most people recommended Baytech, first among them Patrick 
Giagnocavo. Essentially the same as an APC unit, but not the APC 
brand name. I hadn't heard of baytech before, so this was exactly the 
answer I was looking for.

What I ended up with was a 20-amp Baytech RPC-3.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5716475122

The price ($51+$10 ship) was more like what I suspected a 
MasterSwitch would cost...and it does what I wanted. Its not clear 
right yet if it reports number of amps or anything (I suspect not) 
but that'd be just YA-MRTG graph.

Hat's off,
-mKaegler

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