Is the gate down? Mail in this area from the fidonet side in this group and the others isn't appearing here, for atleast 4 hours... Or maybe the echomail feed for Stas is paused?

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Is the gate down? Mail in this area from the fidonet side in this group and the others isn't appearing here, for atleast 4 hours... Or maybe the echomail feed for Stas is paused?

it could be down or Stas might be working on it.


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it could be down or Stas might be working on it.

We'll know when he respondes...


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Is the gate down? Mail in this area from the fidonet side in this group and the others isn't appearing here, for atleast 4 hours... Or maybe the echomail feed for Stas is paused?

My post from about 1hr ago has not yet made it.


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We'll know when he respondes...

I miss the announcements at the lower corner of my DT screen and the jingle when a message arrives at the Tg BBS. :/


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My post from about 1hr ago has not yet made it.

ASIAN_LINK and COFFEE_KLATSCH just had some traffic from the fidonet side. But I think the messages "inbetween" are missing...


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Hi, Wilfred!

18 ¡«∩ 20 19:47, Wilfred van Velzen -> All:

Is the gate down? Mail in this area from the fidonet side in this
group
and the others isn't appearing here, for atleast 4 hours... Or maybe the echomail feed for Stas is paused?

Such short delays can sometimes be caused by high traffic on my site. It sometimes takes a lot of time to rework it.

Have nice nights.
Stas Mishchenkov.

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Hi, August!

18 ¡«∩ 20 19:48, August Abolins -> Wilfred van Velzen:

Is the gate down? Mail in this area from the fidonet side in this
group
and the others isn't appearing here, for atleast 4 hours... Or maybe the
echomail feed for Stas is paused?

My post from about 1hr ago has not yet made it.

Unfortunately, sometimes my electricity goes out for a short time. The neighbors are renovating the apartment and turning off the whole house.
It also happens that I lose my connection to the Internet, but this is not often and not very long.
The node is at my home. The uninterrupted operation of its work cannot be compared with a data center.

Have nice nights.
Stas Mishchenkov.

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Hi Stas,

On 2020-11-20 09:11:54, you wrote to me:

Is the gate down? Mail in this area from the fidonet side in this
group and the others isn't appearing here, for atleast 4 hours... Or
maybe the echomail feed for Stas is paused?

Such short delays can sometimes be caused by high traffic on my site. It sometimes takes a lot of time to rework it.

Ok, thanks for the info...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi Stas,

On 2020-11-20 09:14:18, you wrote to August Abolins:

Unfortunately, sometimes my electricity goes out for a short time. The neighbors are renovating the apartment and turning off the whole
house. It also happens that I lose my connection to the Internet, but
this is not often and not very long. The node is at my home. The uninterrupted operation of its work cannot be compared with a data
center.

Is a UPS an option for you?

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi, Wilfred!

20 ¡«∩ 20 09:50, Wilfred van Velzen -> Stas Mishchenkov:

Unfortunately, sometimes my electricity goes out for a short time.
The
neighbors are renovating the apartment and turning off the whole
house. It also happens that I lose my connection to the Internet, but
this is not often and not very long. The node is at my home. The
uninterrupted operation of its work cannot be compared with a data
center.

Is a UPS an option for you?

I use APC UPS Smart 750 with high capacity batteries (9Ah instead of 7.2Ah). It is enough for about an hour of equipment operation.
If it were a data center, there would be 2-3 independent power lines, UPS with batteries for a day of work and an automatically starting diesel generator, but I have a home node. ;)

Have nice nights.
Stas Mishchenkov.

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Hello Stas!

** On Friday 20.11.20 - 17:48, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

Is a UPS an option for you?

I use APC UPS Smart 750 with high capacity batteries (9Ah
instead of 7.2Ah). It is enough for about an hour of
equipment operation.

Since we're talking UPSes, I think I have a APC Smart-UPS
1000VA ..or atleast it looks like the one on the APC site.

I found it stashed in a corner of the unit that I now use for
my shop. All it needed was a new battery for operation.

That was over 8 years ago now.

It can provide close to 2 hours for the DSL modem, switch,
debit/credit card terminal and the cash register.

Since the batt is pretty old, maybe I should time it
unplugged. I expected it to operate longer than it did in the
recent storm we had here that knocked everything out for 24
hours.

I also have a APC Smart 750 for my main shop pc. It was in
Hibernate and scheduled to bootup at 6:30a. It didn't. The
only other thing plugged into the same battery was the
monitor. I have a habit of leaving it on. That was probably
enough to drain it after a few hours, I guess.

If it were a data center, there would be 2-3 independent
power lines, UPS with batteries for a day of work and an
automatically starting diesel generator, but I have a
home node. ;)

Based on all that processing you do, your system most
certainly sounds like a data center!

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On 20 Nov 2020, August Abolins said the following...

Since the batt is pretty old, maybe I should time it
unplugged. I expected it to operate longer than it did in the
recent storm we had here that knocked everything out for 24
hours.

We have a battery shop here in Hamilton (called Acme battery) that carries all shapes & sizes of batteries. We have 4 or 5 UPSs for various things here at home.

When a battery decides to bite the bullet, we bring it to Acme Battery who recycles the old one for us and sells us a replacement for about ~$30.

May be worth seeing if you have a battery shop in your neck of the woods.


Jay

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Re: Re: My post from about 1hr ago has not yet made it
By: Jay Harris to August Abolins on Sat Nov 21 2020 09:24 am

We have a battery shop here in Hamilton (called Acme battery) that carries all shapes & sizes of batteries. We have 4 or 5 UPSs for various things here at home.

When a battery decides to bite the bullet, we bring it to Acme Battery who recycles the old one for us and sells us a replacement for about ~$30.

Nice. I end up paying for my Amazon prime membership with battery shipping. I have a UPS that needs a new battery now that I need to replace, hoping that BestBuy will accept the battery. I think my local garbage will, they recycle alkalines and rechargeables - just not quite that big!

Although, my UPS is a 550 kva, and it only gets me 10 minutes or so of run time. Might be time for a bigger UPS, although I really just need enough run time to survive little blips and to automatically shut my desktop down. It's running a RAID array, and power cuts cause it to go into a verify state that takes a good 6-8 hours and bogs the system down.
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Hello, Kurt Weiske.
On 11/21/20 11:15 AM you wrote:

Re: Re: My post from about 1hr ago has not yet made it
By: Jay Harris to August Abolins on Sat Nov 21 2020 09:24 am

We have a battery shop here in Hamilton (called Acme battery)
that carries all shapes & sizes of batteries. We have 4 or 5 UPSs
for various things here at home. When a battery decides to bite
the bullet, we bring it to Acme Battery who recycles the old one
for us and sells us a replacement for about ~$30.

Nice. I end up paying for my Amazon prime membership with battery shipping. I have a UPS that needs a new battery now that I need to replace, hoping that BestBuy will accept the battery. I think my
local garbage will, they recycle alkalines and rechargeables -
just not quite that big!

You might check with scrap metal dealers. I know that some around me accept some types of batteries.


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Hello Jay!

** On Saturday 21.11.20 - 09:24, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

We have a battery shop here in Hamilton (called Acme
battery) that carries all shapes & sizes of batteries.
We have 4 or 5 UPSs for various things here at home.

When I see ACME, all I can think of is Wyle E. Coyte.

When a battery decides to bite the bullet, we bring it to
Acme Battery who recycles the old one for us and sells us
a replacement for about ~$30.

That's a pretty good arrangement. I have had to resort to 3rd
party batteries for a couple of my Thinkpad laptops and they
are just not as good with running time as were the OEM.

May be worth seeing if you have a battery shop in your
neck of the woods.

Nope. I'm too rural and too far away from the hustle and
bustle of places like you describe.

This the APC UPS that I mentioned earlier:

http://pics.rsh.ru/img/ups1000va_j4bu69ov.jpg

I am sure the number of minutes drops significantly when it
actually needs to operate.

"We now return you to regular FUTURE4FIDO programming."


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August Abolins wrote to Jay Harris <=-

That's a pretty good arrangement. I have had to resort to 3rd
party batteries for a couple of my Thinkpad laptops and they
are just not as good with running time as were the OEM.

Yeah, it's definitely worth paying more for the Lenovo-branded
batteries. In the long run you end up paying the same as if you
bought 2 or 3 third-party batteries but with less waste.


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Hello Kurt!

** On Sunday 22.11.20 - 11:42, Kurt Weiske wrote to August Abolins:

Yeah, it's definitely worth paying more for the Lenovo-
branded batteries. In the long run you end up paying the
same as if you bought 2 or 3 third-party batteries but
with less waste.

[A reply to you is via netmail]

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Hi, Charles!

21 ¡«∩ 20 16:31, Charles Pierson -> Kurt Weiske:

You might check with scrap metal dealers. I know that some around me accept some types of batteries.

Before, I also exchanged old batteries for new ones. Now I have a friend who is building a real yacht in his garage. He needs a lot of lead to make a keel. Now I give all my old batteries to him.

Have nice nights.
Stas Mishchenkov.

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