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40hz:

That's because, currently, the powers that be meet resistance when trying to move ohm.

-cranioscopical (December 27, 2008, 02:24 PM)
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Nevertheless, they still show great potential on the circuit. ;D

Carol Haynes:
At first I thought it was something the cats had eaten but eventually tracked it down to a Belkin UPS.
-Carol Haynes (December 26, 2008, 04:53 PM)
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Tsk!  You should never run the Orangutang railway line from one of those!
-cranioscopical (December 27, 2008, 02:28 PM)
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I told hime - and he appreciated your concern ;)

Thanks everyone for the thumbs up re. APC UPS devices. Seems to a concensus in web searches too.

I'll get an APC unit - if you don't hear from me again you'll know it was a bad choice ;)(look out for the mushroom cloud)

f0dder:
Fwiw: my old school (back in 1998-2001) used APC UPS devices, and they ran 24/7 and did power a decent amount of gear - and I never heard about problems while I attended that school. It did have a reaaaally nasty beeping sound to notify about power failure (or was it battery defect?), but that's probably a good thing, really :)

Carol Haynes:
I have ordered an APC BACK-UPS RS 800VA USB/SER mainly because it has the option of USB and serial interfaces and has a higher power rating than the more expensive one. I don't really need remote access to control it so it is probably the better device for me to use.

One thing that really bugs me is why do most of these devices have stupid plug sockets? The male 'kettle' plug is bugger to get hold of (you have to go to specialist retailers - most electrical shops just look at you blankly) and why do I need to either make bulky patch cables or cut off the existing standard mains plus for devices. Looking at APC devices for other countries they don't seem to use these stupid sockets - it just seems to be in the UK !!

Most of these devices seem to do this - except the Belkin model that just gave up the ghost - that sensibly had standard UK 13 Amp sockets on the back.

f0dder:
"Plug" sockets? "Kettle" plug? Image? :)

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