Hey all, I have a tangentially-related computer power question. I have one of these at home: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RZPK1M/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's just good enough to keep my home network running for 1-2 hours during a power outage (Apple Airport Extreme, DSL modem and an 8 port wired switch). I also have a couple of home NAS drives connected to it, so if I know the power's out, I can shut them down cleanly. I also have a portable generator that I can connect to an outlet outside, and a 10 circuit manual transfer switch. If power's out for a while, I can turn that on, plug it in, and cut over the 10 most important circuits in the house (if you're curious, they are the heat, the refrigerators, the bathroom lights, the microwave, and the TV -- yes, I have kids :) ). One of the circuits that happens to be on the transfer switch is the circuit that the UPS is plugged into. However, those of you familiar with such things will know that the power from a portable generator is *hardly* what can be called "clean". In fact, it's so dirty that the UPS will not charge off of it. So, options? I could get a different UPS that maybe can handle dirty power better. I could get some kind of power conditioner? I'm not sure what's out there, so I'm curious if you guys have solved a similar problem without spending many hundreds of dollars. Thanks! -Adam Ps: And yes, I'm thinking of it because the power is out as I type, thanks to the heavy snow hitting the northeast right now.
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