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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 1063280" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>A lot of modern electronics have switching power supplies, so can run on anything from semi-skimmed US voltage to full fat British power, hence why those would have kept working, but the rest designed for 220-240v input, if the voltage had dropped that much, yep, they won't work as you know...</p><p></p><p>Back in November we were having a night of power problems, the power was acting like a loose cable was swinging in the breeze and shorting out somewhere, and my UPS units were driving me nuts with cutting in and out and beeping and buzzing, but on the plus side, they kept things running (Modem & router, IP cam NVR server, couple lights, cordless phones, etc.) while the mains was cutting in and out, got to a point where I was sorely tempted to run one of my generators, buuuuut, at 3am it was somewhat unnecessary given I wanted to be asleep... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 1063280, member: 199791"] A lot of modern electronics have switching power supplies, so can run on anything from semi-skimmed US voltage to full fat British power, hence why those would have kept working, but the rest designed for 220-240v input, if the voltage had dropped that much, yep, they won't work as you know... Back in November we were having a night of power problems, the power was acting like a loose cable was swinging in the breeze and shorting out somewhere, and my UPS units were driving me nuts with cutting in and out and beeping and buzzing, but on the plus side, they kept things running (Modem & router, IP cam NVR server, couple lights, cordless phones, etc.) while the mains was cutting in and out, got to a point where I was sorely tempted to run one of my generators, buuuuut, at 3am it was somewhat unnecessary given I wanted to be asleep... :-doh [/QUOTE]
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