On 25-Apr-07 11:09:51, J.R. Seago wrote:
On Wednesday 25 April 2007 10:49, "Tim Green" timothy.j.green@gmail.com wrote:
Have you simulated a power cut yet?
Indeed I have, and I've found the snag, my monitor runs from a transformer, that has a standard three pin plug, and even though the computer doesn't go down I cant see what's happening enough to shut it off, (I work with/through the GUI). I'll have to find a way round that, but at the moment I'm happy that it will run the computer long enough that the power will come back before it gets shut down involuntarily.
Presumably the UPS has the same sort of power output sockets as mine, namely the same sort of closely-grouped 3-pin as you have for power input into a desktop (I don't know what these are officially called).
What I did was hijack an old spare desktop-to-CRT-monitor power cable, cut off one end (leaving the end that will plug into a UPS socket), then wire the cut end into a 4-gang extension socket block.
With that arrangement, I have 4 standard 3-pin "mains" sockets hanging off the UPS. Useful for thingies with 3-pin transformer units, such as the TFT monitor, network switch, cordless phone; and even for my radio ...
(And there's nothing against going up to a 6-gang socket, provided you don't plan to plug things in which would overload the UPS).
Best wishes, Ted.
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