Choosing a new printer/all-in-one

[Billie Walsh]

On 02/04/2011 03:20 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 20:08 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>> So your internet is okay for participating in lists but not for buying
>>> a UPS/BBU with line conditioning?
>> Heh, I killed off the last UPS with the power going down and staying
>> down long enough for a UPS not to matter much. The battery finally gave
>> out. Ric
> That's why they are stocked with rechargeable batteries, the ones that
> recharge when the power comes back.  Or did you mean that it happens
> so often that the battery failed to recharge?  That would take a fair
> number of complete discharges, and they're still replaceable....
>

An UPS is supposed to power things long enough to save your work and 
shut down properly. Not power it forever.

In our case it's long enough to get the generator started and online.

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