Alan, how do you use a UPS to convert freq from 50-60? You must have an American UPS, yes? Seems like much expense for a MW oven. Would not a new oven from the UK be cheaper? Especially since MWs are so cheap these days.
joe salerno On 4/25/2012 5:27 AM, Alan K Baker wrote: > I need a UPS for our American Microwave Oven. It's 115V 60Hz and UK > supply is 240V 50Hz. Although I have a step-down transformer, the clock > runs from the supply so it always runs slow. We just leave the display > off and for the short cook times, it doesn't make much difference. > > The cheapest way is to use a UPS to convert frequency, but at $1500 for > a 2KW UPS, it's a bit much just to run a poxy clock. :-) > > Regards, > > Alan. > > www.theatreorgans.co.uk > www.virtualtheatreorgans.com > www.paramountorganworks.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gregg Eshelman > To: [email protected] > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: [AP] UPS > > I have a small BackUPS 650 with the tower and monitor of my main PC > plugged into it. > > The main reason for it is the electricity here quite often has "blip > outs" that last just long enough to cause a computer to shut down and > all the digital clocks* to blink 12:00. > > Can barely notice the drop in a slight flicker in lights. Of course a > "blip out" is nearly always guaranteed to happen in the middle of a > render or conversion of a long video. > > Ihave a larger BackUPS with monitoring port I should use on Megatower > 2000 but I haven't gotten a round tuit yet. > > *Whatever happened to battery backups, or even a capacitor holding > enough charge to power a clock for one or two seconds? I used to have a > Betamax VCR made by NEC with a feature no other VCR ever had, except for > other NEC Betas. A built in NiCd backup battery for the clock and timer. > Imagine that, the most "duh, that's obvious" feature there could ever be > but only NEC put it in. The V70 also had about 40 jacks, meters, knobs, > dials and sliders encrusting the front and back - but not a single Sony > manufactured component. (Possibly the only Betamax licensee to not take > the bargain license option of buying major parts from Sony.) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -- Joe Salerno ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
