Went to an office yesterday to install a new app. Needed a spare socket outlet for external HDD - only single wall socket available into which is plugged UPS (into which is plugged monitor, UPS and something else - didn't bother checking what it was).
Sourced 4-way extension outlet (OK I'll unplug the UPS, plug in the extension strip, plug the UPS into extension strip and have three spare.unused outlets). OK let's do it. Unplug UPS - computer dies immediately. Oh dear - what's going on here ? Check behind UPS (which of course I should have done anyway) and what do we find ? Computer plugged into surge-protect outlet of UPS instead of into battery-protected outlet of UPS. Of course, they claimed, it must have been done that way by the previous "IT specialist" who came to visit ... _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
