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- ===== This Board's Power Problems ==================== BULLETIN # 6 =====
-
- This board has been experiencing short power failures regularly for
- the past 90 days. I have gotton with Utah Power & Light on several
- occasions to see if they could solve the problem. Their response
- has been "It's in your wiring..."
-
- Big help!! Well - I don't think it is in the wiring since the neighbors
- are experiencing the same problems I am. What occurs is that the power
- drops off line for just about 1 second. The computer of course goes
- down at that time - usually not gracefully. Since the power usually
- surges right back on - the computer does not have enough time off-line
- to reset itself and therefore the board never comes back up!
-
- I have installed what I hope is the solution. It is an interrupt timer
- made by AGASTAT - Part # SSC12ACA ,1-30 second adjustable. What it does
- is close a relay when power is supplied. If power is dropped - even for
- a second - the relay opens and will not reclose until the time specified
- has expired. I have set it for 10 seconds. Even if you get dumped in
- the middle of a call - at least the board will come back on-line in
- about 10 seconds. Hope that solves the problem...
-