05-31-15 13:57 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about Found New Hardware   
      
    SD> @MSGID: <556B86BD.13967.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    -=> Ed Vance wrote to Holger Granholm <=-   
   Howdy! Sean,   
      
    EV> The UPS has a ON/OFF button on it.   
      
    SD> Just because there's an on/off button doesn't mean you should   
    SD> use it.   
      
    SD> The only reason you should -ever- use that button is if you are   
    SD> going to physically relocate the box somewhere.  Otherwise,   
    SD> don't do use it!   
      
    SD> An UPS is designed to constantly draw a little power to charge   
    SD> the battery which means even when your UPS is off, the devices   
    SD> connected to it, even if they're off, are still siphoning a   
    SD> little power from the UPS battery which means that if you leave   
    SD> it off for any amount of time, the battery will not be at its   
    SD> full charge which could affect the devices connected to it or   
    SD> it will kill the battery completely after a while.   
      
    SD> They don't call it "uninterruptible" for nuttin'.   
      
    SD> Don't use that button on a daily basis.  The UPS needs to be on   
    SD> at all times to make sure it's working correctly.   
      
   You make it sound like a UPS does the same as a wall wart does, robbing   
   A.C. power when the device it is for is turned off.   
   The UPS keeping the battery charged up when it is turned off is what I   
   remember reading when I got my first UPS.   
      
    SD> Otherwise, you might as well plug in your devices to a   
    SD> surge-protected power strip and save your money.   
      
   Those things don't help when the power fails, I know that from years of   
   experience of using those surge protected power strips.   
   That is why I have a UPS now.   
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