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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] apcupsd to recycle power
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:19:31
Message-Id: 54678B18.9040408@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] apcupsd to recycle power by Thanasis
1 On 11/15/2014 09:05 AM, Thanasis wrote:
2 >>
3 >> However, in the even that power is restored between the UPS kill and the
4 >> time it actually turns off the mains will still not be cycled.
5 >
6 > Why would this be so?
7 >
8
9 That was a musing, it wasn't based on testing. On most UPS systems I've
10 seen when the power comes back the UPS resets.
11
12 As I said, you can time your shutdown and set KILLDELAY, but make sure
13 you add some extra time in case the shutdown takes longer than expected.
14 `man apcupsd.conf` only has a two-sentence description for killdelay usage.
15
16 Dan