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Skriven 2005-03-10 08:54:20 av Glenn Meadows (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 2997 av Ellen K (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: UPS working like a champ    :)
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From: "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow@comcast.net>

Ewwww.....I suggest staying away from all the all in ones, especially if you
want to network print to it.  Personally, I've had nothing but bad luck with
all of them.

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Glenn M.
"Ellen K" <Ellen.K@harborwebs.com> wrote in message
news:c08fa9.69a8c7@harborwebs.com...
> The printer got fried yesterday.  My own fault, it was plugged directly
> into
> the wall because the Dell thing didn't have enough outlets for all the
> devices... I could have moved it to the Dell once I took off the computers
> and
> the modem.
>
> Well, it wasn't exactly new -- HP 6L from maybe around 1998.
>
> Think I saw an ad for an HP laser all-in-one for like $200, am I dreaming?
> Anybody know anything about it?   And/or what printers do you guys
> like/dislike?   (Note:  Canon is out a priori, the last one trashed my
> O/S.)
>
>> From: "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow@comcast.net>
>> The UPS should be able to hold the system up with the Monitor on it for a
>> few minutes, so you can see to close things and shutdown the machines,
>> but
>> as you've discovered, the current for a laser printer warming up is
>> pretty
>> high, and probably over the capabilities of a typical UPS.
>> We've got one here at work that runs on 230-240 volts, and has 4 Car
>> batteries inside it, and puts out full 230-240 volts to run the big Dell
>> server, and it's associated sub-servers.  Last I tested, it ran all 3
>> servers attached, along with 3 monitors for well over an hour.  But, that
>> puppy was expensive I do believe....and big too....
>> --
>> Glenn M.
>> "Ellen K." <72322.enno.esspeayem.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message
>> news:u2ep21pecrep1gtssd3tqcspnnh1kir8tj@4ax.com...
>>> The monitor's already on a thing that's bigger than a surge protector
>>> strip but not a UPS.  I had everything on there but the computers kept
>>> either rebooting or shutting down, that's why I got the real UPS.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:41:39 +0000, adam
>>> <adam_nopam_@nospammo_softfab.com> wrote in message
>>> <422ca002$1@w3.nls.net>:
>>>
>>>> Ellen K. wrote:
>>>>> Just wanna say thanks to Geo and all for the UPS advice.  Over the
>>>>> past
>>>>> week the electricity was quite well-behaved and I was starting to feel
>>>>> like, oh boy, I spent $400 to fix a problem that was only temporary...
>>>>> but this morning it's been going nuts and the UPS is working like a
>>>>> champ.   I have both computers and the modem plugged into it.  The
>>>>> monitor either gets weird or shuts off when the electricity problems
>>>>> happen, but when it comes back on I'm right where I left off.   So I
>>>>> feel VERY happy about this.   :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Question:  Do the electric surges or outages or whatever they are hurt
>>>>> the monitor?   I.e. should I plug it into the UPS also?   It is the
>>>>> old-fashioned kind (not flat screen) if that makes any difference.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's a good idea to get on of those surge protector strips for the
>>>> monitor, however wrt UPS a monitor (esp a big one) draws way too much
>>>> power (i.e. the charge on your UPS battery won't last long)
>>>>
>>>>> Also I noticed that the instructions specifically say NOT to plug
>>>>> laser
>>>>> printers into it, curious why.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A) Why would you need it on UPS & (B) again power drain.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>

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