Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Part of the nweek 55 RESULTS

[SkArcher <SkArcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:48:49 -0600 (CST), David E. Smith 
<dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Joel Uckelman wrote:
>
> > > (Aside: Anyone here familiar with UPSes and battery backup power 
> > supplies,
> > > and why one might stop working, then shoot out sparks? Or just plain 
> > die
> > > at 3 a.m.?)
> >
> > The magic smoke wanted out.
>
> Yup. I think the plan was, "If we have $5,000 UPSes and batteries, 
> they'll
> be sturdy enough to contain the magic smoke." Obviously, this plan didn't
> work as well as we might have hoped.

is this happening all the time, or just once (if they always die at 3am 
you have something causing a big as power flux at 3am)?

other than that: you have to remember that magic smoke wants to be free too



SkArcher
 
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