[CLUE-Tech] UPS Recommendations?

[Cyberclops]

If it was a sag, then a line conditioner is what you need.

"Jed S. Baer" wrote:

> David Anselmi wrote:
> >
> > Well, I'm late chiming in, but since no one else mentioned it - for a small home
> > system you might consider a line conditioner instead of a UPS.  It's essentially a
> <snip>
> > Of course you don't get a clean shutdown, but again, if it's just a home system...
> >
> > Good discussion of the differences and things to look out for at
> > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO/basics.html#POWER_PROTECTION
>
> It isn't even the clean shutdown. I lost a motherboard in an outage 2
> weeks ago. A few minutes waiting for fsck on 60GB I don't care about.
> $130 for a mobo? The box is on a surge protector. I think it was a sag
> that got it.
>
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