I just pitched one of these this last summer. On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Keith Smith <techli...@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
> On 2015-10-11 21:54, Michael Havens wrote: > >> you have 12 year old computers? >> >> > No those computers are long gone. The event was 13 or 14 years ago. My > oldest box, which is not used, is a 2005 Dell with a celeron cpu 1.25G RAM > (upgraded from 256M)and a 40G IDE HD. Old iron.... > > I like to replace at 5 or 6 years. > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Keith Smith >> <techli...@phpcoderusa.com> wrote: >> >> I've been using isobar since about 1993. I believe that is why I >>> have not had any equipment failure. 13 or 14 years ago the >>> transformer attached to where I was living exploded. I was sure it >>> cooked my computer. Nothing happened to my computer. >>> >>> >>> >> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=isobar&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=84109345576&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6200554956233029823&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_2hv0pgf2to_b_p2 >> >>> [1] >>> >>> >>> Of course it is not going to keep your computer running when the >>> power goes out. >>> >>> On 2015-10-11 16:11, Steve Litt wrote: >>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:39:53 -0400 >>> Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I finally broke down and bought a UPS:( I got a 650 VA for $57. The >>> 550 VA was $55 so I figured it was worth the 2 extra dollars. Now I >>> don't have to worry about frying my computer during one of the many >>> lightening storms here in gainesville! >>> >>> That's a great price! >>> >>> The benefit of a UPS isn't preventing frying in a lightning storm. >>> A >>> simple surge protector does a better job of that. A UPS prevents >>> your >>> computer frying during a brownout or severel rapid transitions >>> between >>> power and no power. It also gives you a reasonable timeframe to >>> perform >>> an orderly shutdown, and in cases of > 1minute power outages, which >>> describes over half of our power outages here in Seminole County >>> Florida, you just keep computing. >>> >>> Another great thing about a UPS is when your printer starts up and >>> all >>> the lights dim and your ceiling fan slows down, (Brother MFC8810dw >>> prints suck *a lot* of current), you hear your UPS click, but >>> otherwise >>> there's no sign of the undervolt. I hate to thing what would happen >>> to >>> my box if I didn't have a UPS. >>> >>> I wouldn't be caught dead without a UPS on my daily driver or my >>> whole-house pfSense router/firewall. >>> >>> SteveT >>> >>> Steve Litt >>> October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times >>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive [2] >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3] >>> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3] >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] >> >> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=isobar&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=84109345576&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6200554956233029823&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_2hv0pgf2to_b_p2 >> [2] http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive >> [3] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > -- > Keith Smith > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen
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