[wellylug] UPS

Jethro Carr jethro.carr at jedolinux.com
Sat May 7 21:33:00 NZST 2005


hi all,

I just brought a belkin UPS
(http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201563&pcount=&Product_Id=153757&Section.Section_Path=%2FRoot%2FPowerProtection%2FUPS%2FUPSDesktopUsage%2FUniversalSeries%2F)

It works fine, and (to keep this post relevent to Linux), the suppiled
bulldog controlling software has a linux version, which once I wrote a
boot script for, seems to work fine :-)



However there is one thing I am not happy about:

The device has 3 battery backup & surge protected sockets. It also has 1
socket which is just surge protected.


The documentation that came with it, says that you should not connect
multi-boards to the battery protected sockets!

This doesn't make sense to me, as a power socket on the back is a power
socket - anything should be able to plug into it! Does anyone know if it
could actually cause problems?



It also makes me wonder - If I did plug in a multi-board (which I am
sure would work fine), could it void the warranty?

The docs state that you can't connect multi-boards to the surge
protected sockets though.


The ups's warranty states (like most devices) that if the device is
installed incorrectly, the warranty is void.


If I had a multi-board plugged into the output, would this be 'installed
incorrectly' & void the warranty?

Or would law override this as an unacceptable restriction.


(However, it says nothing about piggy-back plugs - in theory, some
nutter could have 20 piggy-back plugs onto one socket, and it wouldn't
void the warranty - yet a multi-board might?!?!)



thanks for any info,

-- 
-- Jethro Carr

jethro.carr at jedolinux.com

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