[ale] Up for 1 year

Transam bob at verysecurelinux.com
Tue Sep 23 18:42:58 EDT 2003


On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 09:04:22PM -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 20:37, Transam wrote:

> > You could have inserted a relay that switches fast (most relays switch
> > faster than the 100-500 milliseconds that a PC power supply can tolerate
> > the AC being interrupted.

> > Then use the relay to switch from the first building's power to a
> > charged up UPS plugged into the building.  Then unplug the UPS from
> > the outlet.  Then wheel the UPS and system to the new building and
> > reverse the process.

> OK, ok, ok. Bear in mind that the two geeks on this both had full-time
...
> If we had  had money, we could have bought a power inverter,
I would have loaned you my 450 watt inverter.
> plugged it into a pair of small car batteries, hot jacked it into the PC
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