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I have an UPS in my room that protects all my electronics and my homelab now.

But at what cost... (it is a double conversion UPS and it has to be loud all the time because inverter always works. it is harder to sleep now)

9 October at 21:44 | Open on pony.social
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Decided to return it. Lesson learned: double conversion is the best choice for your equipment, but gets really annoying if it's in the same area where you work or sleep.

10 October at 15:59 | Open on pony.social
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oh fuck
oh fuck

So a power surge just happened. The worst we ever had. I don't know if everything survived, and won't know until tomorrow evening.

14 October at 23:26 | Open on pony.social
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THEY SENT 400 VOLTS WITHOUT GROUND TO OUR GRID

oh fuuuck it's bad

15 October at 9:10 | Open on pony.social
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Good news: computers are alive.

Bad news: coffee machine is dead

15 October at 11:45 | Open on pony.social
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So there are several dead appliances, but a good thing here is that they had fuses or varistors, and they do their job. Coffee machine even boots with a blown fuse, but shows a critical error, lol.

The problem is, how do we source several different fuses and varistors in minimal time.

15 October at 15:08 | Open on pony.social
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So another problem surfaced. We need schematics.

Shit that broke inside these expensive appliances is dirt cheap. These self-sacrificial components are intended to be dirt cheap and replaceable. We have all the tools you can imagine. We can source necessary basic electronic components. We have skills.

But it is impossible to read markings on some components that literally blew up. We need schematics to make sure we're doing this properly. Manufacturers don't want to provide schematics, they want us to pay a lot of money. Bonus points for manufacturers that just left the country.

I couldn't imagine that I would become an even stronger right to repair advocate. But I am now.

So another problem surfaced. We need schematics.

Shit that broke inside these expensive appliances is dirt cheap. These self-sacrificial components are intended to be dirt cheap and replaceable. We have all the tools you can imagine. We can source necessary basic electronic components. We have skills.

16 October at 19:44 | Open on pony.social
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