# Will today be a blackout day? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 20, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012 "2012-06-20T07:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/21 "2012-06-20T09:05:26Z")
If you put that printer on a $100 UPS that does line conditioning you can avoid that lol ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/22 "2012-06-20T09:06:29Z")
Flickered in Springville earlier. Obama now has the power to shut down anything he wants so maybe he will have a forced shutdown if it is in his opinion we don’t need AC. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/23 "2012-06-20T09:08:30Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Flickered in Springville earlier. Obama now has the power to shut down anything he wants so maybe he will have a forced shutdown if it is in his opinion we don’t need AC. I hope I don’t get as grumpy as you when I get old. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/24 "2012-06-20T09:08:56Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > If you put that printer on a $100 UPS that does line conditioning you can avoid that lol I have no pity for people who buy thousands of dollars in equipment and plug them into a dollar store power strip or don’t want to pay for a $150 UPS. Example:$60,000 stack of 8 Cisco switches powering phones for a whole floor that is plugged into 3 dollar store power strips. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/25 "2012-06-20T09:09:44Z")
Just sayin, look into the NDRP Executive Order. We don’t need no stinkin congress. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/26 "2012-06-20T09:13:27Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > A what? > > I don’t even want to spec out one for my home office ☹ > > I will need a APC Symmetra or some bs APC sucks. > [@Matt Danger](#): > > lol. when I was there the DL server room had a power supply that was on a generator backup. But the AC system wasn’t. Probably not your problem though 🙂 DL server is in the new building now, which has a hugh closet UPS protecting the entire building. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/27 "2012-06-20T09:15:12Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Just sayin, look into the NDRP Executive Order. We don’t need no stinkin congress. Please, hit unsubscribe to what ever email forward lists you’re on, or at least stop posting their crap in everyone’s threads. > **[National Defense Resources Preparedness](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-defense-resources-preparedness/)** > > Hyped-up response to the NDRP held that President Obama issued an executive order giving the President "unprecedented powers in time of national emergency." ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/28 "2012-06-20T09:15:41Z")
I have had really good luck with these ![http://www.alphaenergy.com.au/core/media/media.nl?id=2476&c=688221&h=def55f2e9ff7d881d84e](http://www.alphaenergy.com.au/core/media/media.nl?id=2476&c=688221&h=def55f2e9ff7d881d84e) ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/29 "2012-06-20T09:17:00Z")
Maybe the bigger units work better, our cabinet system is ironically APC. It’s bigger than that though. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/30 "2012-06-20T09:17:37Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Just sayin, look into the NDRP Executive Order. We don’t need no stinkin congress. Edit - JayS got it. ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/31 "2012-06-20T11:45:14Z")
power is in and out in amherst/wheatfield ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/32 "2012-06-20T11:46:11Z")
Been stable here since we had the flickers this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/33 "2012-06-20T12:03:15Z")
Flickering in West Seneca/North Union/Winchester area. Gym was flickering at 7am in Lancaster… I had a feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/34 "2012-06-20T12:37:47Z")
Snopes can suck it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/35 "2012-06-20T13:16:30Z")
Stable here in the sticks. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/36 "2012-06-20T13:22:22Z")
Power was good in tonawanda all day. We use a hell of a lot of juice and use mostly all 3ph, don’t know if that makes a difference with flickering or not. Even our lighting is 480 3p 😑 On a side note; Do you guys use surge protectors on things like your fridge/range? Those little single outlet protectors? Right now I don’t but I think I should… power out here is a little crappy. Lose power during thunderstorms, power flickers on/off during wind storms… 😑 PITA sometimes. FU Kuntry. Good here now, but was crappy around 10-11am I guess. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/37 "2012-06-20T13:25:57Z")
So surge protectors usually save from lightning storms… A lot of equipment gets fucked from brown outs…I have also seen things get fried from power snapping back on with out a lot of load and even surge protectors doing nothing. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/38 "2012-06-20T13:28:37Z")
> [@Hass](#): > > Power was good in tonawanda all day. > We use a hell of a lot of juice and use mostly all 3ph, don’t know if that makes a difference with flickering or not. Even our lighting is 480 3p 😑 > > On a side note; Do you guys use surge protectors on things like your fridge/range? Those little single outlet protectors? > Right now I don’t but I think I should… power out here is a little crappy. Lose power during thunderstorms, power flickers on/off during wind storms… 😑 PITA sometimes. > > FU Kuntry. > Good here now, but was crappy around 10-11am I guess. Hows the mower working? My power goes out randomly when drunks from the bar forget to turn… ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/39 "2012-06-20T13:35:00Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > So surge protectors usually save from lightning storms… > > A lot of equipment gets fucked from brown outs…I have also seen things get fried from power snapping back on with out a lot of load and even surge protectors doing nothing. I’d assume it’s worth it to spend the $15 on a protector though… just in case? > [@KuntryQuestTSi](#): > > Hows the mower working? My power goes out randomly when drunks from the bar forget to turn… Great! thanks. Haven’t had any problems yet… Except when I was mowing I managed to hit a drain pipe cap… split one of the deck blades down the middle (along the rear wing part where it starts to bend) about 4-5". So I ended up getting a new set of blades. Those old ones were on backwards… I think they were like that ever since I owned it tbh. Which would explain why I’d usually get a crappy cut 🙂 But now it cuts superb 😉 ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012/40 "2012-06-20T13:44:35Z")
We had at least 5 power sags today in Williamsville. I had a few UPS’s fail after the first one. No low battery/replace battery warning or anything. fml. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/will-today-be-a-blackout-day/224012.md?page=3)