Re: Lightning - funny how we're not seeing him any more

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Leythos wrote: 
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:10:53 -0400, PA20Pilot wrote:

Hi Leythos,

You trying to say you know more about the topic than he did? 


I am NOT trying to say I have more technical information on the topic that
he does, nor am I trying to say that he's entirely wrong. As I tried to
make clear, his ranting about a UPS not providing any protection is
complete BS. Anyone, and there should be quite a few, that has both a UPS
and another device plugged into the same electrical outlet, that can see
(first hand, not through the story mill) where the non-protected device
was damaged and the protected devices were not damaged, can tell you he's
wrong.

We install computer systems ALL over the country in all sorts of
locations. I've never had a device on a UPS damaged, not once, and that
would be thousands of devices, yet, at the same time, I've seen many
non-protected devices damaged in those same installations.


I have also found that UPS systems can prevent a lot of hardware failures even if the power does not go out. On a previous computer in our office we had constant disk drive failures where one or more of the boards had to be replaced.
Putting in a power isolator reduced the failures, but we had to put in a full-time UPS to completely eliminate the problems. After it was installed our downtime went from a day or more a month to zero. No whole house ground would have fixed the problem.
Our office is located near a number of industrial businesses and the use of their equipment was affecting our power just enough to damage the electronics in the drives but not be noticeable.


That chap started the same rant in another group I read, same story about
how UPS's don't do anyone any good - I suspect he is just a troll or
someone that has no real-world experience under his belt.

.

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