From: vaughnsimon@gmail.invalid   
      
   "Johny B Good"  wrote in message   
   news:op.v18u4so9kd9x7s@fred...   
   ...>especially as it was supplying a second   
   > level of UPS protection from the protected mains sockets powered by my   
   > SmartUPS 2000 (a 2KVA 1500W unit) that I keep in the basement.   
      
   This is a good point.  I learned the hard way that feeding one UPS from another   
   is a very bad idea.  Think of every UPS not only as protection, but as a   
   potential POINT OF FAILURE.  To reduce the inevitable failures, simply reduce   
   the number of UPSs.  I suffered more than one unnecessary server outage before   
   the lesson sunk in.  One layer of UPS "protection" is plenty!   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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