On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 18:54 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I never considered getting a UPS for my generator, even though our building
> has no backup power and Con Ed also forgets to feed their hamsters
> occasionally. What I did get was a UPS for my cryostream - I figured that
> the data collection can always be restarted if the generator died in the
> middle of the night, but once the crystal is gone, it's gone. I paid less
> than $10k for a UPS that can run my Cryojet for over 15 hours, so even if
> the power goes out in the middle of the night, I can come in and rescue the
> crystal the next day.
That's a good idea, we do that now on our crystallography beamlines.
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