Dirty Hydro?

Stephen stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed May 2 00:46:22 UTC 2007


Scott Elcomb wrote:
> It's been about 10-15 years since I've done serious electrical or
> electronics work and I'm not sure if what I'm seeing constitutes
> "dirty hydro."  I picked up a digital multimeter and started checking
> the outlets here - the voltages appear to be fluctuating between
> 118.5V and 120.5V roughly 5-8 times per second in steps of about +/-
> 0.35V.
>
That magnitude of fluctuation should not be a problem at all.

But with the price of a UPS below $100, why not get one and make sure 
that the power going to your PC is clean,

And those 2 second power hiccups don't crash your system.

Cheers
Stephen
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