Alex, I love hearing you say this -- and I don't usually think of our town (Felton) in Santa Cruz County, CA as being underdeveloped -- but our power goes out at least a few times a year. We have a backup generator, and all of the members step out and count the 5 seconds until power comes back up when we lose it! (Believe it or not, we consider ourselves part of the Silicon Valley!)
On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 6:06:32 PM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote: > > I've seen a full-site generator provide real value in parts of the world > where power commonly goes out - usually in countries where that > infrastructure is underdeveloped (eg India, Africa, some parts of south > east Asia). > > That said, most places don't experience (or expect) these kinds of outages. > > And depending on your community, you're very likely to find a large % of > people use laptops...which have built in UPS as they have their own > batteries :) > > For example our community is 95%+ laptops, even folks with dedicated desks > dock their laptops to bigger screens, etc. > > If you want to put a UPS somewhere I recommend it on your network setup so > that even if the power goes out your internet has a chance of staying up. > But honestly in most places (even developed cities) the internet is more > likely to go out than the power. > > Power strips with surge protection are much less expensive (no battery) > but help deliver power to members, and provide *light* protection against > power surges. > > Fwiw in 12 years we've never had equipment damaged by a surge and zero > requests for 100% redundant backup power. > > Alex > > On Jul 23, 2018, 8:53 PM -0400, Joshua Webb <[email protected] > <javascript:>>, wrote: > > I think that is a big undertaking for your private spaces. Thst is > something you should pass on to your members price wise. > > But even at that if you provide the UPC backups that's more liability on > you that your not really needing on your shoulders. If it goes down your > members will blame you rather than the power company (which is out of your > control) > > Just my 2 cents. > > Joshua Webb > > Founder at Growthli > > 844-455-GROW (4769) > Https://Growthli.com > > © Growthli | A Place To Learn, Grow, & Office™ > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 7:43 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Do you have UPS (Uninterrupted power supplies) in your coworking spaces? >> I´ve been searching and they are quite expensive for multiple computers. >> >> Is it worth it? Or how do you keep your client´s equipment safe from >> electric shutdowns ? >> >> >> Thank you >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
