[ale] heavily loaded pc as power fail indicator

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Neal,

That unit looks cool.  Do you know what it costs?

Sincerely,

Ron



Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:

>Yeah.  Buy one of these probe100 units and just leave it plugged in.
>It will latch on all kinds of problems. 
>
>I used to just leave it at a client's office for a week to scope out IF
>we had problems with brownouts, spikes, etc. 
>
>Then sell them a UPS. 
>
>http://jblpowersolutions.com/Powertronics.html
>
>
>On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 11:17 -0400, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I just found a great new use for your pc.  (not)  Run it at close to
>it's max power limit.  Then, if the power glitches, even for a second,
>you have an instant power fail indicator.  This is much more effective
>than using something like an old led clock.  8-(
>> 
>> I woke up today to find one of my desktops locked up and one shut
>down.  My wonderful high tech dehumidifier with digital controls was
>also off.  I have an old led clock which I use to monitor for power
>failures.  It was happy as a clam.
>> 
>> I know, I know, UPS.  Well 500W + UPS's ain't cheap.  But it's on my
>list to get a couple.
>> 
>> Even though it won't solve my equipment problems, does anyone know
>how to build or buy a power fail indicator that will show a warning in
>the event of a VERY brief power failure, on the order of .25 sec - 1
>sec.  I don't know how long the glitch was last night.  But, if it were
>more than a few seconds, the led clock should have been blinking, and
>it wasn't.  Price would have to be under $ 50 and preferably under $
>25.  After all, my 3 failed pieces of equipment also told me there was
>a glitch.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Ron
>> 


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