Re: Surge protector question

From: Bob Rahe (bob_at_hobbes.dtcc.edu)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: 7 Jul 2004 15:34:19 GMT

In article <MPG.1b54f85426f9676b9898a0@news-server.satx.rr.com>,
Bob <nottooslow@forevermail.com> wrote:
>In article <cceq6s$obr$1@news.dtcc.edu>, bob@hobbes.dtcc.edu says...
...

>> For anyone following this thread tho, the answer was correct. However,
>> you might be on the lookout for cases, like at least one APC UPS that I've
>> seen, where there are outlets on it that are surge protected but NOT
>> outage protected. One of them had two outlets that would be powered by
>> the UPS when power failed but the other two would not. They WERE on the
>> surge protection but would lose power on a power fail. Not a problem since
>> if you know that you plug things like your speakers into those sockets.
 
>I thought that was pretty much standard procedure for UPSes. You don't want
>your laser printer on the battery, but you do want it surge protected.

  Hmmm, yeah, surge protected for a laser but I'd really check the
specs on the UPS before I plugged in a laser printer on any outlet.
The usually say not to do it on the ups-run outlets but I'd worry about
the power handling ability on the non-ups ones. Manual would probably
say tho.... 

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