UPS would only reduce power if it gets unplugged and then ran on the battery backup, being plugged in through a UPS would only provide surge protection since it draws it's power all the time until its lost.
Cheers!! On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Benjamin Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > Do we still have some small UPS units kicking around? Putting one of those on > the printer might help alleviate some pain until the electrical can be > properly upgraded. > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed - safety first. > > I guess we'll see how eagerly people want to use the new 3D printer, in light > of the outstanding possible problems... :P > > > On 20 February 2013 09:54, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I'll put donations we get tonight into the SkullSpace coffers and > cover the pizza myself. > > I think we should prioritize the 'safety'-related upgrades before the > convenience ones. The GFIs in the kitchen, for example. > > Ron > > On 2013-02-20 09:24, Justin Lacko wrote: > > As most of you know, we recently bought a 3D printer and now a very > > nice-looking rework station is being offered for cheap. > > > > With the plethora of devices in the space requiring electricity, we are > > dangerously close to complete saturation of the two breakers most of our > > stuff is on. It's gotten so bad that when the cleaning team came last week, > > the girl who was vaccuuming blew the breaker four (four!) times. > > > > I think we're in for some frustration when someone decides to run a 3D > > print job that will take 7 hours, and then somebody accidentally blows the > > breaker mid-way through the job. > > > > What are the plans for getting the required electrical work completed? > > We're talking big numbers here (at least $1000 for just some of the work). > > Is anyone willing to chip in to help with this expense? > > > > Ron, I think you mentioned donations made at tonight's event could go > > towards this...? Correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > ~Justin > > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
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