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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:15:49AM -0700, Penguin Lover maxim wexler squawked: |
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> Hi group, |
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> This summer's electrical storms are coming and I can count on my PC stopping dead several times over the season. |
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> I did a search for UPS units and was overwhelmed by the diversity out there. |
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> What can the group recommend? |
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> I only need something that will give me about a minute's head start to safely turn of the box. |
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I use an APC Back-UPS ES 500. Since my desktop is kind of old and does |
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not consume too much power, it can (and has) helped my desktop survive |
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a ~30 mintue outage when I could not be reached to shut it down (as to |
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how I know: my neighbor gave me a call on his cell asking whether the |
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power is out for me too...) |
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I have heard that I can make the graceful shutdown automatic, but so |
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far I haven't bothered with it. |
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W |
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Congress: |
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An organization to provide balance and be the opposite of Progress. |
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Sortir en Pantoufles: up 520 days, 20:12 |
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