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Re: OT: APC back-UPS pro 1400
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:07:42 GMT
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On 1/9/06, Chris Magno wrote:
> > > NO, my tastes run to obscure/cheap/easy.
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> A version of that IS my current back up system. Some time ago, when
> those (&^&^$ at hydro couldn't get there (^(*^ together(1) and My
> neighborhood lost power for a day, I had to use a 5 gallon bucket as the
> backup system. At night, I set my battery powered alarm clock to go of
> ever 40 min, and I would bail.
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> I need something that would not require me to get my precious manicured
> hands wet.(2)
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> Chris
I made a pump for sucking water from my pool cover like this:
http://www.maj.com/gallery/ffaat/Stuff/handpump.gif
with 2" PVC in the vertical pipe you get get about 1/3 gal. per stroke
(for a 30" stroke, easilly managable)
The most expensive things were the two check valves...
Now hook the whole thing up like a train piston to a drive wheel,
powered by your cordless drill and a pully/belt....
(ps. remember - you get what you pay for... :)
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> 1. Oh sure, "they" will say it was the storm. YA right. I think it was
> Rob A, and he was punishing me for some comment I made the week before.
> YA Rob, I KNOW the truth. I know secretly ALL Hydro Employees, have
> access to the "kill their power" computer.(3)
No comment.
:()
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> 2. YA RIGHT. i got callouses on my callouses.
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> 3. BTW rob, did you find that software I was asking about?
Still looking.....
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