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Default OT - Daily Mail Eco ******** - "Big brother to switch off your fridge"

On Monday, April 29, 2013 6:40:23 PM UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 29/04/2013 16:33, whisky-dave wrote:

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That would be worrying, one could be playing an important game just about to reach a new level and the power goes off !!!!!!...




That is the purpose of a UPS.


Now it would bypass the UPS as it would be direct to yuor computer, it would be a chipmon the mother board. And as UPS are basically inefficient the'y be the first to be switched off if teh tech was available.