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| Thread ID: 125439 | 2012-06-28 08:42:00 | The ultimate UPS Test! | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 1284476 | 2012-06-28 08:42:00 | Exciting times! Over a 10 minute period last night we went through a severe sequence of deep sags, random outages and finally, several rapid off/on/off/on/off/on cycles finishing with a 2 hour blackout as the local transformer fuse on our supply phase started burning out big time, then died completely . It wasn't too bad at first, just lights blinking etc then suddenly they went crazy and after 2-3 minutes of severe ups and downs with short blackouts, we had a total power outage . I was at my computer when it started and that didn't miss a beat, so my first thought was that the fluorescent light fitting in my office was failing . The monitor blinked a couple of times, but that is on a less sophisticated UPS so I still wasn't sure what was going on at first, but anyway the power finally failed completely and I ended up sitting in the dark (apart from the screen), but the computer was rock solid and I had plenty of time to shut it down . Boy am I glad I invested in the full-service sinewave UPS; those shenannigans would have seen my Raid array scrambled for sure, and as a minimum another rebuild would have been needed, but the frequency and severity of failures could very well have munted the data on both disks . I reckon the transformer had been failing for some time because we've had lesser incidents on a regular basis for some months now, which is what spurred me to go get a proper UPS . It paid for itself in just one night! :D Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1284477 | 2012-06-28 09:11:00 | Good forward planning. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1284478 | 2012-06-28 09:27:00 | Having read Billy's 'story' , I am seriously considering getting an UPS. Is this (www.pbtech.co.nz) good enough to protect 2 PCs? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1284479 | 2012-06-28 10:45:00 | nice | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1284480 | 2012-06-28 11:02:00 | That UPS BK t Would do for a basic UPS, BUT only 1 PC, (1 PC, 1 Monitor) adding two will will trip the overload. I have one like that, it rans the PC and LCD, adding a second pc instantly blows its overload. Even a basic UPS can save PC lots of damage - been more than once we have had power cuts, sitting here in darkness with the computers still going. Long enough to go oh bugger - and shut them down normally. Then go around turning off eight of the buggers - they make a racket all going off at once, 4 inside, 4 in workshop. We use mainly These APC's 700 (www.ascent.co.nz) or the APC 550 (www.ascent.co.nz) Mine in the office (700) runs the PC, LCD, Router, 2 Switches, Speakers & phone Charger They are more expensive, but work perfectly. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1284481 | 2012-06-28 11:19:00 | Wainu, how many PCs and Monitors are you connecting to the APC's 700 or APC 550? What's the battery life? Am I right to say that when using an UPS it's not necessary to use a surge protector? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1284482 | 2012-06-28 13:18:00 | Am I right to say that when using an UPS it's not necessary to use a surge protector? They say that, but a surge protector is cheap compared to a UPS so why not? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1284483 | 2012-06-28 21:17:00 | Tbh how often does anyone have a power surge? | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1284484 | 2012-06-28 21:31:00 | Tbh how often does anyone have a power surge? It can depend where you live. In Mataura for instance, dead PSUs and/or PC components were common for those that didn't have a UPS or some protection. The meatworks would cause brownouts when it powered up, then when power came back - dead PC hardware......happened a lot. Most eventually invested in a UPS> |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1284485 | 2012-06-28 22:23:00 | They say that, but a surge protector is cheap compared to a UPS so why not? The cheap (under $150) surge protectors are useless, actually b8gger all use to anyone. |
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