Subj : Re: Novell 4.11 reboot
To   : Craig Healy
From : Darren Gibbs
Date : Tue May 23 2000 11:40 pm

 ->> APC's monitoring software is called "PowerChute" - you should
 ->> install It'll give you an idea of what is going wrong, as well as
 ->> doing some valuable self tests on the UPS.

 CH> I will look into it, but I also think that a new UPS would be a good
 CH> investment.

Sounds like it might be.

 ->> That's the point - it doesn't have to be visible.

 CH> In this area it is.  The tones aren't sent on the power lines, but
 CH> over a subcarrier on the FM radio station that I work for.  There's a
 CH> little grey box outside the house that receives the signal, and
 CH> switches the appliances on or off.  And there's no grey box here.  I
 CH> do have one at home, however.  The power company pays a good price to
 CH> lease that subcarrier from the station.

Wow. You 'Mericans do things the hard way, don'tcha? :)

 ->> At least down here, the electricity companies control off peak
 ->> device sending a different frequency tone down the electricity
 ->> cables - it requires nothing at the premesis, and it is by
 ->> definition sent down _all_ the cable grid, not just to those who
 ->> use it. That tone can play merry hell with UPS's - I've seen it.

 CH> In this area, the power companies use a signal on the high voltage
 CH> distribution systems for monitor and control, but not on the
 CH> subscriber side of the transformers.

Fair enough. They don't, as you've gathered by now, do it that way down here. 
:-)

 ->> Depends on the current drain - a 600 Va UPS should hold things up
 ->> for minutes or so on your average computer as long as things like
 ->> the mon aren;t plugged into it.

 CH> Just the computer itself, and only the one.  The building has a
 CH> generator, so power outages tend to be under a minute.

 CH> All in all, it's a good spot for a BBS.  <g>

Sounds like it.

DaZZa


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