On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:38:22PM -0500, Dale Hair wrote: > I once had a power problem, called the power co. to tell them the > transformer on the pole had a red light glowing, they told me that meant > the transformer had a problem and they would send someone to look at it. > Two years later I moved and the transformer still had that red light.
Actually, I think that's a "power" light. I always see them glowing when power is available, and never when it's not. You got schwinged.[1] > For those two years I had two cheap UPS that would beep at the same time > several times a day. So I say a power conditioner ahead of the UPS or > built-in is the best. Wow, remarkably craptastic power there... [1] [Telephone tech support] The sound a call makes after you've blown off a customer you don't want to deal with or mislead an idiot for the sake of the rest of humanity. Compare plonk, see also permahold. -- Baloo
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