Heads up; Ontario-wide brownout tests Thursday Jan 19

[James Knott]

John Vetterli wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>  A chance to see how well your computers do (or don't) stand up to
>> brownouts.
>>  The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is planning a routine
>> voltage reduction test for Thursday, January 19, 2006.
>>  A province-wide voltage reduction of three per cent will take place
>> between 9:30 am and 11:30 am followed by a five per cent reduction from
>> 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
>>  See http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=2699 for
>> further details.
> 
> I'm curious: did anybody experience any problems with their machines
> during the brownout periods?  As for myself, I didn't notice any
> difference.

No, nothing here.  Not even an e-mail from my UPS.
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