UPS Connections and use (FC2)

[Robin Laing]

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net> writes:
>> Hmm. I don't want to use my computer as a voltmeter, nor as a line
>> condition monitor. The only action one seemingly can take is to
>> shut down when a power failure occurs. 
> 
> I'd also like to know that the cable hasn't fallen out or broken and
> the system is still talking end to end.
> 
> I suppose you can get the same effect (and have an ever better end-end
> test) by hooking up a dumb UPS to a one-month 110v timer where you
> turn off the UPS power for 15 minutes and check to see if the computer
> does shut down gracefully and reboots automatically as expected.
> 
> -wolfgang

I will say for a fact the my APC UPS will shut down my computer 
gracefully.  It happened the other night while I was working.  The 
batteries are waiting for replacements so there was not much life in 
them.  But the system went into a full shutdown when the power dropped.

This is running apcupsd.  I am happy.

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