On Thursday 29 April 2010 10:54:47 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Is it worth spending $100 to > > surge and power backup protect my $1000 PC and printer? For me that > > answer is an emphatic yes. > > You make a strong case. But I come from a different perspective than > you do. I don't have any new hardware at home. The only piece of > equipment I bought new was a 4-port Ethernet router which cost me about > $20, I think. Almost everything else was either given away or thrown > away or sold used for a low price. > > Oh, wait. I did buy my powered speakers new -- about 15 years > ago. ;-)
A UPS probably won't last that long (the battery isn't designed for that AFAIK). However it is something that isn't replaced often, since power has been fairly standard (V / Hz / Plug shape and polarity) for a while. For those reasons and more, a working UPS is rather hard to find when dumpster-diving. Also, clean power should make your existing hardware last longer. That might be a big plus since you may be the type that never disposes of working hardware. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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