Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Paul wrote: > >> .I had been reading about how UPS's in general don't provide >> very good quality power in a blackout, > > That's a very odd statement to make, since when running off of battery > UPS'es are providing as clean a power as you can get.
If you are talking about a true UPS which outputs a sine wave that is true. Most UPSes produce what is called a modified sine wave and it is about as ugly as power gets. > > Those old BackUPS 280's are quite well made; we just keep buying new > batteries for them as they wear out (they're good for powering phone > closet equipment like switches as well.) -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
