On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Brad Campbell <lists2009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/07/16 02:28, o1bigtenor wrote: > >> My best understanding as to the why is - - dirty power - - - fixing that >> means >> going off-grid. Expensive and not happening any time soon although I would >> really like that. >> > > Get a UPS. > Get a UPS. > Get a UPS. > Get a UPS. Hmmmmmmmmmmm - - - got one. Working on getting a bigger one setup as maybe the first one isn't big enough. Have also found out that voltage spikes destroy surge protectors and not necessarily all at once - - that they die with each 'use'. It is frustrating to have such 'dirty' power. Even better is that the CSA standards for voltage are so sloppy that electronics die early (and often) when you are in rural country. > > I've got some nice full on-line double conversion units, but they are noisy > and less efficient. In my experience, a second hand APC SmartUPS will sort > enough of the most revolting power to keep things running smoothly, and they > are CHEAP. Despite owning several expensive UPS units, all my stuff is > behind a couple of second hand SmartUPS. > > My last purchase saw me pick up 5 decent line interactive UPS units for > about $25 each as a job lot. New batteries for one were less than $100 (same > brand as the UPS comes with) from the local wholesaler. I get 4-5 years out > of a set of batteries. > > If you had to budget for time, one blip on a RAID and the associated > recovery pays for the UPS. Cheap insurance. > Working on more. Haven't found too many of those 'reasonable' upses though. Regards Dee -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
