What the hell were you running that you needed so much juice?
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Jan Mason wrote:
> Hey Mark,
> I have an APC 2200XL with an extra batter pack. 175lbs worth of back-up.
> The main unit weighs in at 125lbs and the battery pack weighs 50lbs. You can
> add up to ten extra battery packs to the APC 2200XL. This is a real sweet
> setup because if your load goes up or you need more backup capacity all you
> do is add some more battery packs. The main unit goes for around $1200-$1400
> and the battery packs go for $350 last time I checked. I got this setup
> because I was living in the north Georgia mountains near Gainesville. Lots
> of power problems. If you order any UPS try to get it locally. They will
> kill you with shipping costs. I special ordered my from a consultant in
> Atlanta, GA. He charged me more than the on line sellers would but he did
> not charge me any shipping. So I was cheaper. Also note that this takes a
> dedicated 30 amp circuit.
>
> On Wednesday 26 June 2002 07:55 am, you wrote:
> > > Bill
> > > --
> > > 11:21pm up 5:19, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.08, 0.02
> > >
> > > (Four hr power outage beats 1 hr UPS.)
> >
> > What is the DEAL with the power outages around here?? I went for two
> > whole years in Germany without one single power outage -- I've lived
> > here for a little over three weeks and there have already been two, one
> > that lasted for at least 5 hours. Are the power co. techs that
> > incompetent or is the infrastructure that weak? I'd think that they
> > would have found some way to protect the system from mother nature by
> > now...
> >
> > Marc W.
> > -------------------------------------------
> > "Freedom as in Free Beer is what I'm after"
>
> --
> Jan Mason
> td376@mail.anonymizer.com
>
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