Good thing we have UPS's

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

The batteries will eventually go bad right? Damn... I have my server in the the basement and my main rig on the main floor... too far away to protect both. Oh well, more money is in the main rig, I would cry if it went down.

Thanks for the advice

Red Squirrel · Posted: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:00:34 Post Subject:

You can also build your own UPS and power your whole house, and charge your neighboors per volt per hour durring extended outages. Laughing

Here's a start point in the batteries:
http://www.iceteks.com/articles.php?act=view&article=telecomtour&p=3&

I would be scared to know how much that would cost though. Definatly an arm and a leg, and you'll probably loose other body parts if you get electrocuted durring construction.

I have a UPS that lasts for 5 minutes, when we had that big blackout, it was 12:00 when the power went off again so I had to hurry up and get to bed before the computer shuts off because it was pitch black and I could not see a thing. I need to daisy chain a few together. Laughing

Dud3! · Posted: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:45:03 Post Subject:

Mine will run my main system and a 19" CRT for about nine minutes, which is plenty of time...

The other one is six years old, but I tested it recently and it works fine.

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

*brings thread back to life*
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=113559

Alright guys, you think this is enough to give me a few minutes to backup my stuff? I might need two of these, one for my primary rig, another for the server in the basement =(

- Jim

Charlie · Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:56:31 Post Subject:

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:25:49 Post Subject:

I have a pair of 1200 of those.. gives me plenty of time. Of course I don't have my monitor hooked up to them...

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

Time isn't so much of a problem, I'm sure my 21" trinitron would suck it down quick... but for the price I can't go wrong!

thanks evil

IceNine · Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:44:02 Post Subject:

Yeah, all the time you need is to save & shutdown.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:53:37 Post Subject:

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:05:38 Post Subject:

HAHAHA! Noooo... it auto shuts down the OS... and I have my monitor pluged into a different UPS now.