On Thursday 29 April 2010 14:26:17 ow...@netptc.net wrote: > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: zlinux...@wowway.com > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: RE: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations) > >Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:54:47 -0400 (EDT) > >>On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >>> Is it worth spending $100 to > >>> power backup protect my $1000 PC and printer? > > Also I might have an issue with Stan's use of AND. While surge > protection of printers is a good idea, most UPS vendors advise > against connecting the printer to the UPS for power protection
It's not because the printer makes the power unclean or otherwise interferes with the correct functioning of the UPS while mains is working. They recommend against connecting printers because printers draw a large amount of power, dramatically reducing the time the UPS can maintain power to the system if the mains fails. Also, (1) I've never actually needed my printer during an outage and (2) printers generally don't suffer the same ill effects from sudden power loss that file systems do. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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