Having had several UPS' fail on me over the years, I can agree with that statement at it's core. The problem with it however, is if not UPS (battery tech), then what? Unfortunately, there aren't many viable options available out there today (short of having a diesel generating on standby next to your garage).
ty|er. In closing, Provo Power sucks! That is all. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Andrew McNabb <amcn...@mcnabbs.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:21:13AM -0600, Bryan Thomas wrote: > > out of curiosity, why do you say that they all suck? what would make > > them better? > > As others have said, dealing with batteries is a pain, and they fail > frequently. I've also been frustrated to find that when a battery > fails, sometimes this causes the UPS to shut down power to the connected > equipment. If I wanted the equipment to be powered down randomly, I > wouldn't have attached it to a UPS in the first place! > > -- > Andrew McNabb > http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ > PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
