Re: [PLUG] UPS, 2s failures

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

William H. Magill wrote:

> The dryer is a big "sucker"  1875 watts!


Oops.  The dryer would overload my UPS.  The 500VA UPS can only handle 
300W, assuming a power factor of 0.6.

> As I said, power is a fun topic.
Especially when we _have_ power.  Actually, I was just entertained and 
tortured by apcupsd for Windows in slave mode.  The entertainment came 
in the form of config file manipulation and watching apcupsd actually 
work.  The torture was caused by apcupsd breaking Cygwin.  Do _not_ 
following the instructions for installing apcupsd if Cygwin is already 
installed!  Trust me.  (I have the secret recipe if you want it.)

Two PCs are now protected by one UPS.  During power loss, the UPS will 
tell the Linux box about the problem.  The Linux box will then relay the 
message to the Windows box through the network.  Both will shutdown in 
sequence leaving only the phone system running.

Yeah, this _is_ fun.
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