Re: Best technical writing of the season

["Jeff Hanvey" <jewahe -at- comcast -dot- net>]

Any who uses electronic equipment should get a UPS.  I can't tell you how
much they've saved me just in being able to save the current project.

My parent live in a very rural area in AL, and the electricity out there is
tempermental.  Last year, just after they bought a computer, a surge took
out the modem (and luckily it was only the modem).  The surge protector did
absolutely nothing. I replaced the modem, they bought a new surge protector,
and a week later an electrical surge took out the computer completely
(luckily, the warranty on the surge protector replaced the computer).

My sister live right across the street, and she had to replace the computer
or computer components several times due to surges.

I lived with my parents for over a year, and I couldn't believe they were
having such issues - Not once in the time I was there did my computer go
down or lose a component.  Finally, I realized that the reason was because I
had simple UPS (I won it during my breif stint as a telephone tech support
rep).  Both bought one, and have never had another issue.

Surge protectors just aren't enough protection.  UPSs are a cheap investment
to protect data and equipment.



Jeff Hanvey
Thomson, GA
jewahe -at- lycos -dot- co -dot- uk
http://www.jewahe.net


>
> I beg to differ. My partner has a consulting client who pays him to come
> plug in any computer equipment he buys - I'm talking about simply taking
it
> out of the box and turning it on. He also gets an urgent call any time the
> guy's power blinks, to come reprogram the fax machine (client won't buy
> UPSs, but has spent several times the cost of a very nice one on such
> calls). While this fellow is an extreme, I've had similar clients in the
> past - including someone who called on Christmas eve and offered me lots
of
> money to PLEASE come assemble the kids' toys (I refused).