Questions about UPS+surge protector

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 12:21:53PM -0400, Tim Writer wrote:
> IIRC, power lines in the U.K. are buried.  I'm not a power systems engineer
> but I expect that alone would make the grid more robust.  Also, I don't think
> there's much doubt that (in Ontario at least) we haven't been making the
> necessary investment to properly maintain the power grid.

I suspect with smaller area to work on, and higher population densities,
and the fact the ground doesn't freeze solid anywhere near as far down,
makes it much more doable.

> Getting back on topic, last summer I bought myself an APC Back-UPS Office
> 500.  It's a "power bar" style UPS with 3 battery powered sockets and 3 surge
> only.  I got it at Above All on Bloor St. and was lucky enough to get the
> older model with serial ports so no messing with USB (although I understand
> the USB models are now supported by nut).  While we have frequent short power
> outages in the Summer, since then, excluding the big blackout, I've had zero
> downtime due to power loss.

Lennart Sorensen
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