Re: Those pesky light bulbs

[Ry Jones <rjones@moscow.com>]

Here's a hint folks: Avista is lying. I have a UPS (APC Back-UPS PRO 420) 
on my machine in my office. I log (only for a few days) the low voltage 
events. I get dozens of sub-117v sags a day. This isn't enough to trip the 
UPS into alarm mode but it does happen ALL THE TIME.

<soapbox>
Anyone who has a computer (I don't care what kind, cheap, expensive) needs 
to buy a UPS correctly sized for the setup they run. I have computers that 
have lasted many years on UPS without component failure. That, and most UPS 
companies (APC, TripLite) give you an insurance policy with your UPS.
</soapbox>

I'm only excitable about this because before I had a UPS for every computer 
I'd lose them all the time to hard drive crashes and weird failures. After 
I got UPS religion, the only thing that kills my computers is my shotgun. 
(Got sick of 4 486's once, took them out and blasted them. VERY therapeutic)



At 10:34 AM 7/31/99 , sec@moscow.com wrote:
>hmm, I wonder how they explain the frequent power fluxuations and
>momentary power outages.. (we have a surge protector with a "low
>voltage alarm"), it goes off 2 or 3 times a week (some days 3 or 4
>times a day).. and 4 or 5 times a month we get momentary power
>outages.. this is normal according to Avista (IE: there is nothing
>wrong with your service))

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