J.R. Seago wrote:
On Wednesday 25 April 2007 14:19, Ted Harding wrote:
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).
They were referred to as kettle sockets by the people who supplied the UPS, and seeing them they look, just like the ones in plastic jug kettles in hotels
I think you mean C13/C14 IEC connectors, one of the useful facts I learnt while sound engineering :P Not quite kettle leads (that is you can use an electric kettle cable for a computer, but not a computer cable to for a kettle - there are blocks and notches in different places).
Wow, what an interesting person I am!
When I can afford to buy my own house (in about 2099) I intend to install a 12V DC power supply throughout the house which is topped up by solar cells on the roof - that way I don't need power strips full of power bricks around the house turning all my electricity into unwanted heat and I have some redundancy when I lose my connection to the grid.
Seriously though, I'd really like a UPS for my home server and router because it's in a rural area with unreliable power. Are UPSs well supported in Linux for clean shut downs?
Ben
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