Re: [Dorset] Eric Raymond Rails Against Uninterruptible Power Supplies.

2018-02-11 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 23:36:13 +, pugwash1...@gmail.com said: > I know a fair bit about how UPS's work and I would be interested i trying > to build a home brew one if there is enough interest and support. Enough interest and support to do what? In my experience, if you want to do something,

Re: [Dorset] Eric Raymond Rails Against Uninterruptible Power Supplies.

2018-02-11 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Folks, I've wanted a UPS for years, but never really had enough spare cash to justify it. I know a fair bit about how UPS's work and I would be interested i trying to build a home brew one if there is enough interest and support. I have a reasonable understanding of Electronics, but I'm not

[Dorset] Eric Raymond Rails Against Uninterruptible Power Supplies.

2018-02-10 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, I was going to relay this on the #dorset IRC channel come Monday, but I think there's some on the list that would be interested too. UPSes suck and need to be disrupted http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7839 Eric talks of what's wrong with the battery side, the flaws with the software and