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Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by Rhodes
Worry not - I only remembered because I live in Welling. You said you once lived here, went to St Stephen's and had your first kiss in Welling. I don't remember anything else about you. :)
When I was at uni I had to have my post redirected by my mother. To save the postage she would put all my post in a big envelope that she had recycled from work. Now given she worked for the MOD, all my envelopes were then marked "On her Majesty's Service" :) The old porter always used to keep my mail in a safe place LOL :cool: |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Sean,
What you want is an "uninterrupted power supply unit" / Surge Protector. Places like BESTBUY and others sell this, its kind of like an extension cord that you would buy at argos, and you will then plug your PC and stuff into it. Whenever there is an outage, it's stops your modem and PC from the effects. Erm...I will give crappy tire a miss if I were you......LOL |
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Originally Posted by the-smiths
Sean,
What you want is an "uninterrupted power supply unit". Ten thousand dollars on it's way to you right now! |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by the-smiths
Sean,
What you want is an "uninterrupted power supply unit" |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by Sean Boxer
Bloody hell - NINETY NINE BUCKS at Home Depot. I thought it would only be about$10.
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Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
FWIW, a UPS and a surge protector are two different things.
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Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by willmore
No way!!!!!, I paid $10.99 for a surge protector in Victoria when I bought my Mac. Shop around, go to Zellars, Kmart or one of the computer stores - they shouldn't be more than $20.00 even in Paradise. :D
What follows is possible the dullest message I've ever written. I wish it was only a surge protector I needed, that would be easy. What happens is that, since it started snowing, we get small, 1 second power outages. This doesn't bother my laptop (did I mention it was 17 inches?) as it just switches over to the internal battery but my airport base station powers down, it then takes 20 seconds to automatically reset the modem, then I have to reconnect which I'd say takes about a minute and then reload the page which, on a 56k dialup, isn't fun. An Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS to those in the know) has technology SO ADVANCED it can switch over to its little internal battery before the modem even knows what's going on, THAT'S how advanced that technology is my friend! and for that, you have to pay $99! Slightly more interesting now. . . . . The salesman said an alternative would be an independent power supply from some SOLAR PANELS they've started to sell. We've been spending SO MUCH MONEY what with the baby, the move to Canada and the new house that I couldn't afford the CAD400 right now but I think it's great that this technolgy is finally becoming available to the consumer at a reasonable price. We should all try to get a bit more green. |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Sean,
With all that said and done, where is the 10k you promised?......LOL |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by the-smiths
Sean,
With all that said and done, where is the 10k you promised?......LOL |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
It was my understanding that mine was a UPS and surge protector as well, in fact I tried to find the bill last nite to make sure, so thanks for the info
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Originally Posted by willmore
It was my understanding that mine was a UPS and surge protector as well, in fact I tried to find the bill last nite to make sure, so thanks for the info
:D |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by SirTainly
I think you'll find the word UPS is under the shipping column on your bill :D
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Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
Originally Posted by willmore
Can it be both a surge protector and a USP? Please no technical terms - just plain and simple english that I'll understand :D
A Surge Protector will cut off the power if there is a spike. It is there's too much electricity it will shutdown to stop the connected items burning out. A UPS is a device that automatically provides a power source for a limited time if the main power fails. So the answer is yes you can combine them, but it wouldn't be cheap. |
Re: More Electrical Gadget Questions
And for the full scale DIY UPS with extras…
You’ll need a 12v power supply rated at approx 150% of your planned usage, a large diode rated at approx 200% of expected amp’s, a car battery and an Inverter… Power supply into diode onto to battery and onto inverter… and you can add more batteries if your ‘down time’ goes up and also add solar cells or even wind generators to this set up…to reduce domestic mains consumption It works by running on the battery which the power supply keeps charged… therefore power brown or black outs shouldn’t affect the computer at all… And depending on the inverter you add you can have 120v 60hz or even 240v 50hz if you want… or even a combination of both… PM. If you want more details… but a basic understanding of electronics will be required! have been back in the Uk for a couple of weeks so sorry for the late reply |
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Originally Posted by MikeUK
PM. If you want more details… but a basic understanding of electronics will be required!
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