Before we beat this issue to death, what I meant by "flaky power" wasn't just power outages, but noisy power lines, brown outs, and other kinds of power "sags" (voltage too low) or surges (too high). Although the electric companies *say* you are getting 117 volts at your outlet, if you plug in a chart voltmeter, you may find that your milage may vary considerably. Although most modern equipment can compesate for this (somewhat), you will strain your computer.
Yup, this is true. This is why I have a UPS that also has a line conditioner built in. It protects against the things you mentioned above. Also, the one I bought has a USB port built into it so I can hook it up to my computer and monitor it .....something Hiro very wisely mentioned.
-K
And, my memory is not perfect on this, but as I recall the Enron incident led to "rolling blackouts". I believe it was in the news that many bay area companies were installing building UPS systems to protect their work.
*sigh*. Anyway, $30 is not a bad investment, considering.
At 08:15 AM 11/28/2004 -0800, Carl Dershem wrote:A-NO-NE Music wrote:>> By the way, UPS can go bad. Check it often so it's not empty when youEric Dannewitz / 04.11.28 / 4:52AM wrote:
What? What part of California are you talking about? In the Bay Area where I live we haven't had a power outage in over a year.
Poor Californians. Living in Greater Boston for 17 years, I've had short power outages only 3 times! Yet I have 4 UPSs in my studio.
need it :-)
I keep a UPS, mostly in case my neighbors blow the master breaker (apartment living at its worst), or some bonehead knocks a power pole out with his car, but in nearly 50 years of living in California, I can recall precisely one power outage not caused by User Error.
And we're still trying to get Enron to pay us back for that one. :(
cd
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