That was unexpected!
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So I'm tapping away at my keyboard about 20 minutes ago, working on some CSS buttons for one of my own websites. Just about to save, update some HTML, and refresh my browser when... ...wait for it... ...the whole suburb loses power. Complete blackout and I can't see a thing. :sigh: It's not even raining, let alone storming with lightning! :confused: So the family grabs some candles, lights them, and we all laugh a bit, but then a few minutes later the power comes back on. What was that all about?!
Were you using IE? /ravi
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So I'm tapping away at my keyboard about 20 minutes ago, working on some CSS buttons for one of my own websites. Just about to save, update some HTML, and refresh my browser when... ...wait for it... ...the whole suburb loses power. Complete blackout and I can't see a thing. :sigh: It's not even raining, let alone storming with lightning! :confused: So the family grabs some candles, lights them, and we all laugh a bit, but then a few minutes later the power comes back on. What was that all about?!
Which country is this? In India where I live, this is quite common, so we have Inverters in most houses - it is also called a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply). That gives a 2-3 hour backup till the main lines are restored.
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Which country is this? In India where I live, this is quite common, so we have Inverters in most houses - it is also called a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply). That gives a 2-3 hour backup till the main lines are restored.
An inverter converts DC to AC and is different from a UPS. /ravi
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Nope. But fortunately I save regularly and only lost about 5 mins of work.
What! No UPS??? We just had a momentary outage last night - the whole house went dark except for the TV and the PCs that are on UPS. Now I just have to put the clocks on UPSs, of course, Grandfather just kept ticking away - didn't phase him at all. Started using UPSs in my prior home which was within a mile of the substation that also fed the Motorola chip plant. Early very Monday morning Motorola would turn on the ovens and cause a brown out for a brief minute (I happened to be on my system at the time) and it crashed my system until I got the UPS. Never had a problem after that. Dave.
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So I'm tapping away at my keyboard about 20 minutes ago, working on some CSS buttons for one of my own websites. Just about to save, update some HTML, and refresh my browser when... ...wait for it... ...the whole suburb loses power. Complete blackout and I can't see a thing. :sigh: It's not even raining, let alone storming with lightning! :confused: So the family grabs some candles, lights them, and we all laugh a bit, but then a few minutes later the power comes back on. What was that all about?!
@OriginalGrifff forgot to pay the power bill, again!
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So I'm tapping away at my keyboard about 20 minutes ago, working on some CSS buttons for one of my own websites. Just about to save, update some HTML, and refresh my browser when... ...wait for it... ...the whole suburb loses power. Complete blackout and I can't see a thing. :sigh: It's not even raining, let alone storming with lightning! :confused: So the family grabs some candles, lights them, and we all laugh a bit, but then a few minutes later the power comes back on. What was that all about?!
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Which country is this? In India where I live, this is quite common, so we have Inverters in most houses - it is also called a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply). That gives a 2-3 hour backup till the main lines are restored.
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So I'm tapping away at my keyboard about 20 minutes ago, working on some CSS buttons for one of my own websites. Just about to save, update some HTML, and refresh my browser when... ...wait for it... ...the whole suburb loses power. Complete blackout and I can't see a thing. :sigh: It's not even raining, let alone storming with lightning! :confused: So the family grabs some candles, lights them, and we all laugh a bit, but then a few minutes later the power comes back on. What was that all about?!
Experienced it, way back in college. When I'm on my educational game project (for PC), one of my classmates accidentally tripped on the lappie's charger, then poof! I lost an hour of work?! After that, I taught myself to save everything after I've done some modifications in my projects, Even just a line of code. My classmates thought I'm an OC. :doh:
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An inverter converts DC to AC and is different from a UPS. /ravi
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Exactly. The Inverter is connected to a 12 V DC battery (similar to a car battery), and together, these constitute the 'UPS'.
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Exactly. The Inverter is connected to a 12 V DC battery (similar to a car battery), and together, these constitute the 'UPS'.
Ah. I didn't realize you meant a home-brewed UPS. /ravi
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Ah. I didn't realize you meant a home-brewed UPS. /ravi
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It is not home-brewed. The combination of Inverter and Battery is sold here under the name 'UPS'.
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It is not home-brewed. The combination of Inverter and Battery is sold here under the name 'UPS'.
OK. In these parts, a UPS isn't also called an inverter - they're distinct, in the sense that an inverter doesn't also include a battery and charging circuitry. /ravi
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