[mythtv-users] Mobo recommendations

Patrick Ouellette pat at flying-gecko.net
Wed Apr 11 19:14:27 UTC 2007


On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:08:33AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> 
> On Apr 11, 2007, at 9:48 AM, Yan Seiner wrote:
> 
> >>
> > That's a good point....  My house is old - built in 1954 - and has  
> > been
> > "re-muddled" several times, often by owners.  I've corrected some  
> > of the
> > most egregious wiring errors but who knows what lurks in the walls.
> 
> Hmmm. I wish you wouldn't refer to your house as "old", as I was  
> "built" that same year.
> 
> But I was really referring to your local power utility's  
> infrastructure. Especially if you live in an area that has  
> experienced a lot of growth, or even existing homes that now pull a  
> lot more power than the 60 amps that used to be allocated to a single- 
> family house, you could have problems long before the electrons enter  
> your "old" home.
> 
> >
> > That might even fit with the time; if people come home around 5 or 6PM
> > power usage goes up and voltage might drop....
> >
> > I've always wanted a kill-a-watt; now maybe the time to get it.  :-)
> 

You could try sticking an intelligent UPS on the system.  My cheap APC
will let me capture line voltage to a log file over time.  Heck, a
decent UPS would solve any voltage sage issues (provided it was a
boost/buck continuous unit).

Pat
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Patrick Ouellette                 pat at flying-gecko.net
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