Got into an interesting discussion on what matters in communication.
Nuance gets missed a lot when people tell half-truths. For instance, an astonishing amount of folks say they want gas as their heating system because of power outages.
Most gas-fired systems still need electricity to operate. Which, anyone who has lived with one during a power outage, already knows.
That half-truth is that a gas-fired system can more easily be supplied with emergency power. But most people don't have that.
@TechConnectify in either way when you have a power outage, you're screwed.
When I lived in a *really* rural area (for Polish standards) it was basically a must to have a diesel generator because power outage during winter would definitely last many hours and it would be a no-go to be without electricity for that long
@rail_ @TechConnectify
How rural?
Where I live, there's a power outage every winter during peak cold that usually lasts like 6h contiguous, and then they start turning it on and off at seemingly random times until noon next day.
I don't have a diesel generator, but I do have a UPS to keep my gas furnace running during an outage.
Though I guess there are places that have it much worse.
@wolf480pl @TechConnectify well let me put it that way
we once had an outage and the roads were completely blocked, it took over 24h to get power back, close to 2 days actually - because the power company techs simply couldn't get there
and a UPS is (should?) be basically a must have for any kind of combustion heating furnace
tho we needed a diesel generator for farming stuff mostly
@rail_ @TechConnectify
Yeah that's rough.
A good enough UPS would handle the furnace, but I don't think anyone has a big enough water tank at their home to still have running water after 2 days without power
Zasilacze awaryjne POWER SINUS to nowoczesne urządzenia typu UPS pracujące z zewnętrznymi zestawami akumulatorów i oferujące stosunkowo duże moce na wyjściu i prądy ładowania w stosunku do standardowych serii sinusPRO E i W. Oferują moce wyjściowe w zakresie 1500-10000W jednocześnie udostępniając możliwość modyfikowania parametrów pracy takich jak np.: rodzaj podłączonego akumulatora i charakterystyki ładowania, głębokość rozładowywania akumulatorów, tryb oszczędzania energii, zmiana trybów pracy etc. Modele z tej serii są dość uniwersalnymi jednostkami, a dzięki wbudowanemu przełącznikowi trybów pracy (AC/BATTERY) stanowią idealne rozwiązanie w miejscach gdzie akumulatory są źródłem zasilania awaryjnego i chcemy dodatkowo wykorzystać sieć do podładowywania baterii. Główne zastosowanie zasilaczy typu POWER SINUS to awaryjne zasilanie układów dużej mocy np.: w serwerowniach lub na liniach produkcyjnych oraz jako alternatywne źródło zasilania w zabudowach samochodowych (najczęściej w kamperach, foodtruckach, pojazdach technicznych itp.).
@wolf480pl @skry @TechConnectify i know there are ;p
there are UPSes that can sustain your entire data center for a while
but it's a matter of cost and how long it will actually work with no power
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