OT: Battery backup

[Richard Kreiss]

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> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:04 PM
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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> >Last night at about midnight the lights in the house went on and off
> >several time for about 1 to 2 minutes and then at 12:15 the power went
> >off in the whole community.
> >
> >I surmised that someone had hit a pole outside the community and this
> >morning I found out I was correct.
> >
> >Now all of my UPS' started to beep in my office as they should.
> >
> >The more interesting thing is I have been using 2 spare ups'  for my
> >flat panel  TV's and cable boxes.  When the power went off, my wife was
> >watching some programs she had recorded on the DVR.  She never though
> >anything about the fact that she was watching her programs when all of
> >the power was off in the house.  The system stayed up for 1/2 hour -
> >that's when the power returned.  This was a 720Va APC SmartUPS which
> >one of my clients had replaced with a new larger model and gave me.
> 
> A half-hour power outage?  You guys are pikers.  We get week-long ones far
> too frequently during the winter when the wind gets going.  No UPS smaller
> than a house is going to keep things going that long.

Auto accident taking out a pole.  BGE had figured 3 hours to get us back
online.  It only took 30 minutes.

> 
> Each of our racks has at least a 1,000VA APC SmartUPS which keep things
> going until I can get things switched to generator power.

I have my server and one workstation on one of these.

The rest are 720va units for single machines.

Both my main floor audio/visual system and downstairs system are on 720 va
units.

I did this mainly to keep them from crashing during an outage.  I figured I
had enough time to turn off the system not have it run for 1/2 hour.

Also, my phone system continues to work.  I have FIOS and the phones
maintained a dial-tone.  At least the wired ones.

> 
> I got a 3000VA Honda generator about five years ago that provides power
for
> my office and three racks of computers.  It's extremely quiet, and
provides
> clean power.  I bought generator from Sears during the Clinton Inaugural
> windstorm in 1991, but the UPSs really didn't like the power it provided.
> 
> On a related note, when we had a week-long outage in December 2009,
> Comcast cable was down for that time plus another week after the power
> came back on.  Think of that when thinking of switching all your voice
lines to
> a broadband provider.  Our QWest provided T1 and land lines never went
> down during these outages.
> 
> Bill

I did that as I have more confidence in Verizon keeping their systems up
then Comcast.  That's why I switched from Comcast to Verizon among other
things.

One always has cell phones as long as the power isn't completely out.  Re:
New York City blackouts - no cell phones but the old POTS phones worked.

I have considered putting in a generator.  However, this in a condo
community and I would have to get the Architectural Board to approve putting
in a generator.  I might get it as I have an end unit and it wouldn't annoy
my neighbors.

But with these boards, who knows.

Richard 

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