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Power outages are fairly common in my locale so that's what I've primarily optimized for. Cable modem + WiFi hub on one UPS, desktop on another. Desktop stays
by saalweachter 8y ago
Power outages are fairly common in my locale so that's what I've primarily optimized for. Cable modem + WiFi hub on one UPS, desktop on another. Desktop stays on through short (<15 minutes) outages, wifi+internet for 3-4 hours. Power is still my primary point of failure, with probably 1-2 days of outages longer than 3 hrs per year, although in many of those cases the cable will also go out.
- GordonS 8y ago> 1-2 days of outages longer than 3 hrs per year Not trying to be a dick, but does that count as "fairly common"?
- halbritt 8y agoI think so.
- saalweachter 8y agoI mean, it's not common enough for me to spend the money on a backup generator, but it's common enough that you need to at least consider how long you can stay in a house without power, in what weather. Eg, my house will stay warm enough that I don't need to worry about me or the pipes freezing after 1-2 days without power in the winter [although it gets quite nippy after ~18 hours]; if the power is off for more than 3 days in the summer I need to do something or the chest freezer will defrost enough to spoil). Shorter power outages are more common; 10-ish power interruptions of less than ~2 hours per year. It's not like, developing or failing nation bad, but it's not great, especially when the problem is always "a tree limb fell on a wire".