Re: Reliability of Networking Hardware?

In article <1140992842.261224.83250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
w_tom <w_tom1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Power switching of "air conditioner, refrigerator, furnace etc" do
not create electronics damage. They do not create destructive
transients.

Duane did not say that they did [at least not in this thread].

A computer grade UPS only
protects data from extreme blackouts and brownouts. Its power is
sometimes so 'dirty' as to even be a threat to small electric motors
and power strip protectors. Electronics being so robust that this
'dirty' UPS electricity is not a threat.

Round about here is usually the point at which you get fuzzy
on what is or is not a "computer grade UPS", and as to which of
your statements apply to which kind of UPS.

Round about two postings later in the thread is usually about the point
where you start ignoring the fact that older or more delicate equipment
exists that does not have horking big rectifiers and capacitors
to get the equipment past dirtiness in the utility power feed
and that double-inverting UPSes can do a fair bit of line cleanup.
Looks like this time you've gotten an early start on that.
.

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