Smitty Two wrote:

In article ,
Jim Elbrecht wrote:

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If that's all you want to do then install a Uninterruptible Power
Supply with an alarm. They seem to have cleaned it up now, but
when I first put in my UPS it beeped several times a week for power
fluctuations that didn't bother lights, or even the TV.

If brownouts are common I'd be more worried about my computers than my
washing machine.

Jim

I wouldn't. Electric motors hate brownouts. My washer has such a gadget,
but my computer doesn't.

I suppose I could argue that I really don't care if the washer dies,
but it would ruin my day if my computer did.g

I stand corrected on that point. [near unanimity here is too unusual
to go un-noticedg]

But I'd still go with a UPS for my computer- for all the UPS
benefits-- and an audible alarm if there is a brownout.

But I too wonder, where is the OP that he has
brownouts? I thought those were so, like, last century.

I almost disagreed-- then remembered that the last century isn't that
far back. I'm in a suburban area that still had flakey power 10 yrs
ago.

Jim