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From: Charles_Schilli on 14 Jul 2010 15:57

Cheap UPS for the answering machine; that's a low wattage device and you
are going to want to have communications in case of bigger problems.
Cheap battery powered digital clocks stuck to wall near microwave and
coffee machine and maybe black electrical tape over time displays. Heck
with them.

Some RV dwellers and boat live-aboards slap a charger on a big battery
bank and run their microwave and coffee machine off either a very high
amperage inverter or switch to 12VDC devices, that way they don't have
to fuss with shore power hookups or switching between appliances. See RV
websites.

Everything else I can think of would be even more expensive.


From: Metspitzer on 15 Jul 2010 13:02
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:57:58 -0500, Charles_Schilli
<Charles_Schilli.4e58in(a)no.email.invalid> wrote:

>
>Cheap UPS for the answering machine; that's a low wattage device and you
>are going to want to have communications in case of bigger problems.

er....no

This is not some national emergency plan. I just don't want to have
to reprogram my answering machine every time the power flashes.

>Cheap battery powered digital clocks stuck to wall near microwave and
>coffee machine and maybe black electrical tape over time displays. Heck
>with them.
>
>Some RV dwellers and boat live-aboards slap a charger on a big battery
>bank and run their microwave and coffee machine off either a very high
>amperage inverter or switch to 12VDC devices, that way they don't have
>to fuss with shore power hookups or switching between appliances. See RV
>websites.
>
>Everything else I can think of would be even more expensive.
>
That was my point. Something that could keep the power going for 10
seconds solves 90 percent of the problem.
From: Mark F on 16 Jul 2010 14:08
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:02:18 -0400, Metspitzer <kilowatt(a)charter.net>
wrote in part:

>
> This is not some national emergency plan. I just don't want to have
> to reprogram my answering machine every time the power flashes.
All 6 AC alarm clocks in my house have a battery to keep settings and
time when AC is off. Answering machine also has battery, as does
thermostat and a few other things.

Why don't you get an answering machine with a battery? Typically
they don't answer the phone when the AC is off, just keep time and
messages. We theoretically backup to phone company central office when
the AC is off - not sure if it really happens; almost certain we would
forget to check for messages.)

There is a clock in the thermostat with battery backup. Probably
lasts weeks, especially since no heat when AC is out.

All VCRs on UPS with manual clock setting since the automatic stuff
doesn't work worth beans.

Clocks in computers have batteries.

Our garage door opener has 1/10 day or 10 open/close cycles battery.

Cable based phone modem is on UPS, but cable is likely to be out if
no AC in neighborhood. Cable might be working if our power pole is
hit (again) by a car and the cable's power pole down the street isn't
hit, so perhaps out UPS on the modem does do some good.

If we had a Verizon FiOS phone, the hardware would have 8-hour
battery. The hardware is setup for an external battery,
but I can't find the official specification. Therefore, although an
automobile battery "booster" pack, of which I have 4 would have enough
power for 1 week WAN data transfer+1 week phone receive, and a bunch
phone talk, we only have 5 minutes WAN, 8 hours phone receive, and
a couple of hours of phone talk.

Clocks in microwave and stove have to be reset manually since no
internal batteries and not practical to run on UPS.

There probably is a clock in the refrigerator, but I don't think
it has a battery. Not practical to power from UPS, so food dies and
Con Edison pays. (I don't remember if we had to reset the defrost
clock or if it figures out the time by itself.)
From: Charles_Schilli on 16 Jul 2010 18:34

Your choice. Problems don't have to be national to mess up your day.

Power failures usually involve power surges, brown outs, spikes, etc,
all bad for electronics. Leaving the recorder on the backup protects the
recorder from the power line. It also provides more power outlets, if
you are short there.

Also, I have a very low wattage light on mine, just in case the power
stays out longer than a couple of seconds.


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