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hobbit709

(41,694 posts) Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:32 AM Feb 2013

Damn it!

TWO power failures this morning. Nothing like resetting everything.
And I was in the middle of paying my bills online.

The new higher electric rates we got have given us outages on a clear day.

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Damn it! (Original Post) hobbit709 Feb 2013 OP

I feel your pain! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #1

I've got everything on APC UPS units. They at least give you time to finish up. Gorp Feb 2013 #2

I'd need about 5 of them. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #3

We're up in the 10 or more range - clock radios, lamps, cordess phones, etc. Gorp Feb 2013 #4

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. I feel your pain!

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:47 AM

Feb 2013

Gorp

(716 posts)

2. I've got everything on APC UPS units. They at least give you time to finish up.

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:21 PM

Feb 2013

The only thing you can't plug into the battery side of the unit is a laser printer. The draw when it starts up can kill the UPS. They've saved me many times and they aren't very expensive.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

3. I'd need about 5 of them.

Reply to Gorp (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:29 PM

Feb 2013

And that's not even counting the clocks.

Gorp

(716 posts)

4. We're up in the 10 or more range - clock radios, lamps, cordess phones, etc.

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:32 PM

Feb 2013

I've got one for the entertainment center but only the lamps are on battery. It serves as a surge protector for the TV and stereo equipment.

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