On May 26, 2009, at 8:53 PM, diane wrote:
> > At 3:01 PM -0700 5/26/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> Heck, if you need more outlets, just plug a power strip into the UPS. >> So long as you don't exceed the rating of the unit, the number of >> items plugged in is irrelevant. APC cautions against this because of >> the temptation toplug every damn thing in, but with modern Mac >> systems, after the CPU, everythign else is relatively >> inconsequential. > > Come on! I never would have considered that. The old don't plug a > strip into a strip rule. That may work then, the extras are things > like the brick for the iPod, phone charger, little things like that. I thought I read somewhere that this could cancel some protective measure of a power strip ... or introduce some kind of electrical noise into a line ... maybe that was only for audio equipment? ... I do it though ... just gave myself the restriction of don't power on everything at once ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
