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On 29/10/17 11:21, Dale wrote: |
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> Power failures aren't as often the past few years anyway. I could |
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> almost make it without a UPS BUT I do like having that extra |
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> protection. Mine has some serious surge protection in it plus |
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> brownout/over voltage protection/warning as well. While I have a fairly |
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> decent power supply in this rig, I didn't buy the cheapest thing out |
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> there, having a little extra is nice. May save my bacon one day. ;-) |
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Depends where you live. Are you in the States? |
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I'm in the UK and powercuts are almost unheard of AT THE MOMENT. But we |
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keep getting dire warnings that our generation is going down, while |
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demand is going up, and they are on the verge of crossing ... |
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Dunno what's going to happen then, but we tend to get trips and cuts, |
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not brownouts, so we could be in for a nasty shock in the not too |
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distant future :-( |
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Cheers, |
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