[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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