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   whit3rd to All   
   Re: Automated Power Cycle   
   27 Mar 21 01:40:01   
   
   From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 9:09:25 AM UTC-7, ABLE1 wrote:   
   > Hey all,   
   >   
   > Has anyone used or installed a 120volt power relay that would allow   
   > for a 23 hour 59 minute on time and a 1 minute off time that would   
   > then repeat the cycle??   
   >   
   > The desire would be to have a remote device do a daily reboot without   
   > human intervention.   
      
   If it's a computer, you can just program it.   What else does 'reboot'?   
      
   Power-cycling a computer by interrupting AC power is stressful in ways   
   that simply rebooting is not.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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