[ale] help providing stable power to pc's to ride through storms

[Jim Kinney]

home depot. search for generator. select "standby generators". I have a
Generac system.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Unless your getting a sizable flywheel system, spend the $ on a good ups
> with
> > power conditioning.  Brown outs cauae data loss! I agree wirh Bob. APC
> and
> > Triplite are worth the cost. Look for AVR, automatic voltage regulation.
> > I installed a 15kW natural gas generator with automatic relay. It powers
> most
> > of my house when the mains are down. $3k with self-install.
>
> URL for the generator??
>
> -derek
>
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