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PSA: UPS/BATTERY BACKUPs are a worthy investment

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pclstyle

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Few friends of mine decided to get together last night at one of their apartments in Boston for some dinner, drinking, poker, etc. Had everything set up, the girls had the hotpot all prepped, that stupid show "i want to be like you" (or whatever it's called) was tivo'ed and playing in the background, the apartment was a fantastic refuge from the ridiculous heat/humidity outside.

Then, we hit the innocuous "on" button on the heating plate, and BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT, we're sitting in complete darkness.

Induction heater (cooking on a wok) + Plasma TV + Air conditioner = 🙁🙁🙁

Somehow manage to find the fusebox with the aid of 6 incandescent cell-phones, and spend the rest of the night eating HOTPOT in 100 degree weather without AC. yeah, quite an experience.


regardless, the plasma, the computers, the speaker system, and probably the rest of his apartment complex thanks monster for their meaty, ugly, yet deliciously efffective UPS BATTERY BACKUP



edit: my confusion required enlightment, hence clarification

 
I'm a little confused by your post. Is this correct?
1) You blow a fuse.
2) You flip the fuse back on.
3) For some reason the AC didn't turn back on.
4) A surge protector somehow did something that wasn't really discussed. Heck, you didn't even say if there was a surge or if the equipment even works after the fuse was blown.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
I'm a little confused by your post. Is this correct?
1) You blow a fuse.
2) You flip the fuse back on.
3) For some reason the AC didn't turn back on.
4) A surge protector somehow did something that wasn't really discussed in the post.
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it gave us the illusion of security, more than worth the $200 he paid for it.
 
boston housing has the worst wiring ever! my friends apartment has the entire apartment wired to 1 15A breaker, so they can't run the 2 window ACs they have at the same time. Its a sauna in there.
 
That would actually be the opposite of a power surge. Your friend's equipment would be better protected by using a UPS battery backup. Brownout/blackout can cause some major damage.

I do agree, though. Surge protectors are very handy.
 
Originally posted by: pclstyle
Originally posted by: dullard
I'm a little confused by your post. Is this correct?
1) You blow a fuse.
2) You flip the fuse back on.
3) For some reason the AC didn't turn back on.
4) A surge protector somehow did something that wasn't really discussed in the post.
Click to expand...


it gave us the illusion of security, more than worth the $200 he paid for it.
Click to expand...

You might want to quit while you are behind, because $200 for a monster surge protector is not "worth it".

Something similarly for $20 could've done the same thing, or even better a UPS for still less than the $200 would've worked as well.
 
Originally posted by: MrPickins
That would actually be the opposite of a power surge. Your friend's equipment would be better protected by using a UPS battery backup. Brownout/blackout can cause some major damage.

I do agree, though. Surge protectors are very handy.
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yes, yes that's waht the box was!

🙂 thanks for clarifying that
 
Originally posted by: rsd
Originally posted by: pclstyle
Originally posted by: dullard
I'm a little confused by your post. Is this correct?
1) You blow a fuse.
2) You flip the fuse back on.
3) For some reason the AC didn't turn back on.
4) A surge protector somehow did something that wasn't really discussed in the post.
Click to expand...


it gave us the illusion of security, more than worth the $200 he paid for it.
Click to expand...

You might want to quit while you are behind, because $200 for a monster surge protector is not "worth it".

Something similarly for $20 could've done the same thing, or even better a UPS for still less than the $200 would've worked as well.
Click to expand...

it was a monster-made UPS box, something sold to him along with the plasma I'm assuming. only thing that made the whole experience amusing was that we had been discussing what a waste of money it was, and how obnoxious it looked sitting in such a conspicuous location.
 
After the power went out, did you turn on the heating system to get the temp up to 100 degrees? I'd think that it would take quite a while to go from air conditioned temperatures in the apartment to the point where it's uncomfortable; at least an hour or so.
 
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