Return-Path: Received: from imr-da04.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.146] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4723868 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 24 May 2012 21:09:44 +0200 Received: from mtaout-db02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-db02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.194]) by imr-da04.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q4OJBfgA032195 for ; Thu, 24 May 2012 15:11:41 -0400 Received: from lunette.home (pool-108-23-214-125.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [108.23.214.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-db02.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 56224E0000EC; Thu, 24 May 2012 15:11:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Workstation UPS Recommendations Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8E0264F8-86FE-43DD-80AE-914739EE80A9" From: Tim Sassoon In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:11:40 -0700 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1337886701; bh=zI91KNl9KnMnCg5oflOuCpRYbvpoCe7CXCo6rONk9tA=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=VWMYhEENqGsfAzvYV/OlrhHxN3ae3sMH+Hqn+ANDHdrfyg+v2LoCfL3IcjTRva3Vr TymHNFSVkjF+boDFdk1Sr+bNkc/TccWApNJ7Q9jca+0xKUoKOOK0vH77aRveQB4Xil OmTfrXbFGUeab642PqvEESP+HEDBw4gvrAGhR8lc= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:445925152:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33c24fbe87ed2f14 X-AOL-IP: 108.23.214.125 --Apple-Mail=_8E0264F8-86FE-43DD-80AE-914739EE80A9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I've had good luck with Triplites from Costco ($100). APC either dies in = a year or lasts forever, randomly. The main thing is, don't plug too = much into a single UPS, and plug EVERYTHING into a UPS. It's no good = having your workstation stay up if the network switch goes down. The = other thing is, test occasionally (just pull them out of the wall) to = see what happens. Sometimes a UPS will appear to be functioning but not. A decade ago during a rain storm, a palm frond fell on a 13KV = uninsulated line behind our block (Southern California Edison - = horrible!). Meter-long flames shot out of the wall sockets for a moment, = before the quiet and the dark. Every light bulb and computer in the = ground floor shops were reduced to a broken, blasted, smoking ruin. All = of our computers were on UPS's and we only lost one item; a Truevision = Targa PCI board which apparently lost it's FPGA programming - Truevision = had recently gone out of business, so there was no hope of getting it = re-flashed. We have a lot of momentary outages, like "ba-dum"; long enough to wink = out all the computers and make the lights flicker, and any decent UPS = will prevent that. But if all the transformers on your street cascade = into a shower of sparks (a few months ago), only a generator will help = you work that day :-) Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA On May 24, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Michael Hazarian wrote: > Amazingly, we haven't had much of a problem since Enron went belly up. = The infamous roving blackouts were due, in good part, to manipulation of = electricity production and transmission by energy brokers. ]= --Apple-Mail=_8E0264F8-86FE-43DD-80AE-914739EE80A9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii I've = had good luck with Triplites from Costco ($100). APC either dies in a = year or lasts forever, randomly. The main thing is, don't plug too much = into a single UPS, and plug EVERYTHING into a UPS. It's no good having = your workstation stay up if the network switch goes down. The other = thing is, test occasionally (just pull them out of the wall) to see what = happens. Sometimes a UPS will appear to be functioning but = not.

A decade ago during a rain storm, a palm frond = fell on a 13KV uninsulated line behind our block (Southern = California Edison - horrible!). Meter-long flames shot out of the wall = sockets for a moment, before the quiet and the dark. Every light bulb = and computer in the ground floor shops were reduced to a broken, = blasted, smoking ruin. All of our computers were on UPS's and we only = lost one item; a Truevision Targa PCI board which apparently lost it's = FPGA programming - Truevision had recently gone out of business, so = there was no hope of getting it = re-flashed.

We have a lot of momentary = outages, like "ba-dum"; long enough to wink out all the computers and = make the lights flicker, and any decent UPS will prevent that. But if = all the transformers on your street cascade into a shower of sparks (a = few months ago), only a generator will help you work that day = :-)

Tim = Sassoon

SFD

Santa Monica, = CA

On May 24, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Michael Hazarian = wrote:

Amazingly, we haven't had much of a problem since = Enron went belly up. The infamous roving blackouts were due, in good = part, to manipulation of electricity production and transmission by = energy brokers.

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