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affordable power regulator on the cheap at newegg.com - (110V, 115V, 120V or 220V, 230V,240V) +/-20% Input Voltage + UPS
15 April, 2008 01:45
My apartment was absolutely nerve racking to live in with all my power drinking electronics.
It got so bad, my metal shelf had hot spots in various places along the height of the metal poles.
I needed a voltage regulator that I had been putting off for several months, along with some well gaged power cords.
(110V, 115V, 120V or 220V, 230V,240V) +/-20% - (110V, 115V, 120V or 220V, 230V, 240V)+/-7%
Along with the voltage regulator, I picked up a UPS for my networking device and NAS in case my nighttime backups were to be disturbed by night time lightning. The specs suck, but it will not be powering a computer nor a monitor, just a router, switch, and DSL modem along with the NAS drive in which the HD is usually sleeping at any given time. I could probably get 15 to 30 minutes out of the 3 minute specification. I don't feel like doing the math, so I will leave it with that estimate.
Full load runtime 1.5 Minutes (375VA), Half load runtime 7.2 Minutes (200VA), <4 Hours to 90% charge
The UPS comes with a serial cable and is Linux compatible, so I am thinking about picking one up for hamper, my trusty dirty server of mine. A lot of data goes through the hard drive bus consistently, and a clean shut-down would be nice.
The power regulator has kicked in 3 times for step-up inversion when heating up my toaster oven continuing the flow of clean and consistent power. I hope the step-down and breaker works as well as the up-step does.
Total cost after shipping: $79.58 Shipping kills good things in this world...
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Main Entry: spew
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spIwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein
intransitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to come forth in a flood or gush
3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE
transitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity -- often used with out
- spew-er noun
-- Merriam-Webster