Re: [LUG] Power

[Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Paul Weaver wrote:

> 2) Are there any minor UPSes that protect against brownouts, maybe upto 1 or 2 
> seconds. All I see are expensive 10 minute solutions. I rarely have a 
> blackout of that length.

Having a few minutes is useful if you ever leave the machine turned
on whilst away from it.  You never know when you'll get a powercut,
and then you'll be thankful for an orderly shutdown.

Last powercut we had here, I jumped out of the bath to make sure all
was well (though it was too dark to see anything).

-- 
Nick Kew


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