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From: wsineel@wsooti01.info.win.tue.nl (Eelco Vriezekolk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Experiences with small Uninterruptable Power Supply?
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Date: 17 May 91 10:46:22 GMT
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Hi,

I own a Sun 386i workstation, and I'm planning to move to
Africa and take the machine with me. But power supply there is
not stable: both in level (160V...280V?) and in availability.

So I need a uninterruptable power supply. It should allow me
to shutdown the station in case of power drops, and also
filter all kinds of spikes and noise from the AC outlet. I
don't like my machine to burn out because of a spike in the
power.
In case of total power outages, a few minutes should be enough
to do a quick halt of the machine. 

Does someone have any experiences with these UPSs? Could you
give me approximate prices? Is a UPS really a solution to all
my AC-problems?

(I hope this is the right newsgroup for this; I think that
system administrators will know about UPSs.)

Thanks,
-- 
Eelco Vriezekolk, wsineel@win.tue.nl, voice (+31)40-118338, fax (+31)40-436685.