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stop my UPS from humming
#86800 03/24/05 02:41 PM
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hi everyone,

I have my receiver and DVD player hooked into a UPS. I originally bought it because where I was living before, there was a small problem with the electricity and it would cut in and out for a second every so often - I got annoyed and bought a UPS.

The only problem is that it hums fairly loudly. Is it just the battery that does that, or is there a way to cut or reduce this?

thanks,

Ravi

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#86801 03/24/05 03:20 PM
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I think that's just the way that it is. Most UPSes are drowned out by the noise of the fans on the computers they're hooked up to, but I have heard that hum. There's also that refrigerator noise when you turn them on.


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#86802 03/24/05 04:28 PM
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Yep. There's really nothing you can do about that hum. I ran a data processing dept for a while where we had about 4 ups's going at the same time. Since it's consistant, you get used to it pretty quickly.


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#86803 03/24/05 05:22 PM
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I think it's because they don't know the words........


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#86804 03/24/05 08:02 PM
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The subject title had me thinking that maybe it was the UPS driver humming a tune, delivering new Axioms!

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#86805 03/24/05 08:17 PM
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i still have no idea exactly what a UPS is?

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#86806 03/24/05 08:19 PM
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Ahh. Uninterruptible Power Supply -- most commonly used with computers. It plugs into the wall, you plug your equipment into the UPS, then when the power cuts out in your house the equipment plugged into the UPS keeps running for a while (until the battery in the UPS runs down).

Mostly to get you through those short outages which crash your computer and make your VCR say 12:00


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#86807 03/24/05 10:07 PM
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You mean its not the guy in the brown truck? Makes sense now...I was "just let the guy hum, he's just doing his job". (Just kidding)

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#86808 03/25/05 12:58 AM
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Don't forget about the annoying beeping the UPS will produce, while the power is out.

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In reply to:

annoying beeping the UPS will produce, while the power is out


or when he is to lazy to bring your stuff to the door.


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