On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:35:21 -0700 m0gely <[email protected]> dijo: > 1500VA for one desktop and a laptop? Is there a reason you need such a > long runtime?
Yes, in case the power goes out I can shut down the desktop and still be able to work on the laptop for a very long time. > You want to get a good surge protector in front of the UPS Good idea, i hadn't thought of that. > As for the UPS, get one that has runtime and > battery health monitoring and is supported under Linux. Then get your > computers set up to talk to it. This can be set up to automatically tell > the computers to shut off (nicely) once the battery level gets down to > 5% or whatever you tell it in the event of a power loss. I also didn't think about getting the computers to listen to it. More good advice. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
