From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 18:40:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44842106566C for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE14A8FC13 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (ethic.thought.org [10.47.0.230]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2AIesiP065339; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 kline@thought.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:54 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20100310184054.GA65190@thought.org> References: <20100309191916.GA55827@thought.org> <4B96E3CA.7050906@hdk5.net> <20100310033452.GA2223@thought.org> <4B9748F2.6060707@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B9748F2.6060707@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, FH_DATE_PAST_20XX autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ethic.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , Al Plant Subject: Re: "tao" suddenly died X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:59 -0000 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 07:23:30AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/03/2010 03:34:52, Gary Kline wrote: > > Well, long-story-short, the most unepect thing happened: a > > power surge. I did not realize that my printer was also off > > until hours later. A friend helped me trace the problem and > > reset my surgge-protector. ---It is worth noting that BEFORE > > I got my battery [UPS], when things were dead or suddenly > > went dead, i knew right away to check the surge-protector. > > Uh -- if you have a UPS, why are you using a surge protector as well? > The function of a UPS is to condition your power supply. It puts > out clean 110/220V 50/60Hz power (depending on where you live) > irrespective of what it is getting from the mains. That is, the UPS > also does all the surge protection function itself. Not only that, it > should cope with surges by absorbing them, rather than blowing a circuit > breaker, so it carries on running after the surge is over. > > Admittedly some UPS designs are better than others -- inline UPSes are > the best, but tend to be more expensive. These work by converting the > input to DC and then converting back to AC. Cheaper UPSes monitor the > characteristics of the incoming current and switch to battery power if > it is out of specification, which is not really failsafe. > > Also, didn't your UPS sound the alarm? They are normally too loud to > ignore easily. > (This is all new to me, first, and I do not have everything plugged into the UPS, second. I don't have the unit fully configured [via X11] so want to keep the load as light as possible. ) The unit is an APC manufacture; should be closer to the top of the line -- that's just my guess. What happened yesterday morning was that my DNS and firewall, router and widescreen kept on working ... :-D Now it's time for me to finish the task on upgrading and maintenance. Trying to decide whether to build another home-brew computer or buy one off the shelf. gary > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkuXSPIACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwEOwCfWQN0avDyhhKwrP9THpWkd4Na > 5i0Ani14kuI9kYx2RF9x5gOJf/Khcb+I > =32IO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix