Re: Anyone UPS's Home Cinema stuff

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Simon

Have a look here
http://www.gewiss.com/irj/portal/

Intersting product , would imagine its going to be quite costly ......

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Coates" <simon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Anyone UPS's Home Cinema stuff


> Hi Dean
>
> Have you got a link for the self-resetting RCD?
> I looked at buying a self-resetting RCD a couple for years ago - can't
> rembmber if it was Hager or Klockner - but it was too expensive - ISTR
> £400!!! and it was only a servo module that 'flicked' the RCD
back on.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dean Barrett <dean@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 10 May 2006 08:30
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Anyone UPS's Home Cinema stuff
>
>
> Nigel
>
> Must admit i'm looking at the self resetting RCD purely from a
personal
> angle at present and agree there could be times someone may believe a
> circuit is dead - though i'm assuming if a fault occurs its check to
see
> if
> its clear and then resets - if the fault lasts longer than
milliseconds i
> guess it wont reset, as this would indicate a man and a pickaxe still
> stuck
> in the cable etc.
>
> Dont know for sure but will find out when i get one - i've now been
> informed
> they are not in the UK yet, but we will be getting one of the first
ones
> to
> try (on my house of course). I'll keep you posted when i've tried it
out.
>
> I can see a lot of benefits to nuisance tripping problems, and i'm
sure if
> its 100% safe it could catch on - especially as some developers are
going
> for 100% RCD coverage of the mains boards rather than split, thus
> increasing
> nuisance tripping with lamp failures sometimes taking out RCD's etc.
>
>
> Dean.
>
>
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Nigel Giddings
> Sent: 08 May 2006 20:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Anyone UPS's Home Cinema stuff
>
>
> Dean,
>
> I think it makes a lot of sense to put such devices on a UPS. The main
> advantage being that you will remove brownouts and sudden on-off-on
> transitions.
>
> If your not looking for cover during an extended outage, which could
be
> several hours, then enough capacity to allow a controlled shutdown in
> software would suffice...
>
> As with most things bigger is better, your limiting factor will be
> accommodation. Look for a second hand unit that can shut down the PC
with
> a
> serial or USB interface (10 minutes should be ample, you could delay
for
> an
> additional 15 minutes to cover 90% of outages) something between 1 or
2
> KVA...
>
> Interested to see you mention the self resetting RCD. I fist saw these
> used
> in Spain for remote sites which suffered from lighting strikes. My
concern
> would be Circuits energising automatically if someone thought it
> dead/isolated...
>
> Nigel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 May 2006 14:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Anyone UPS's Home Cinema stuff
>
>
>
> Due to increasingly regular powercuts in our village (the last one
> knackered
> my HTPC) - i was thinking about putting a UPS on DVD/Sky+/Amp/HTPC
setup.
>
> Is anyone doing the same - if so what size UPS does the job.
>
> I'm just thinking of about 15 mins of uptime which will usually
overcome
> the
> worst outages - but makes sure everything is in sync when SWMBO next
goes
> to
> use it all :)
>
> I'm also about to try out a self resetting RCD if anyone is interested
-
> we
> get tripping when v.windy (overhead supply), and i've stumbled across
an
> RCD
> than when tripped checks if all circuits are clear, and then resets
itself
> !!
>
>
>
> Dean.
>
>
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