I second Troy's recommendation. I highly recommend http://www.apc.com brand but make sure to get a more expensive one with AVR or "active voltage regulation" such as the RS line. I think the smallest one is the BR500 with a list price of $109.99. I'm sure you can get them cheaper elsewhere.
Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Troy Ready <troy.re...@rezitech.com> wrote: > I use a couple of APCs at home and love them. For the models with a USB > interface (maybe all of them?), there's a package in the Ubuntu repositories > for interfacing with them (shutdown at a certain power percentage, send an > e-mail at power outages, etc). > > > -Troy > > -----Original Message----- > From: ubuntu-us-ca-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com > [mailto:ubuntu-us-ca-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Neal Bussett > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 14:49 > To: Ubuntu US California > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting Tomorrow (3/6) > >> Just a quick question. Your subject says "Meeting Tomorrow (3/6) but is > > dated today which is 3/6. So is it today (3/6) or tomorrow (3/7)? > > Sorry if I misunderstand but I am new to this list and IRC as well. > > Hi Andy, > > That's totally just me and a PEBKAC error. Tomorrow is the 7th, and > that's when we're having our meeting. > The URL for the meeting is also: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/10March07 > > Power outages make computers unhappy, so I've been dancing with > recovery/reinstllation all weekend and it's apparently reduced my > ability to properly read a calendar. > > On a related topic, anyone know good / bad brands for Uninterruptable > Power Supplies? > (and sorry for breaking threading, my webmail is stupid) > > Neal Bussett > Ubuntu California -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
