On printers and UPSes...

Post #328,987 by Another Scott 7/1/10 11:19:42 PM Reply	On printers and UPSes... It's my understanding that laser printers generally shouldn't be on a UPS for the reasons you cite - namely they have power spikes where they draw a lot of current. If you don't absolutely need to have it there, you might want to consider just having it on the "surge" outlets. My recollection of this rule of thumb is probably from the LaserJet II days, so it might be obsolete, but I don't have our Lexmark E234 on our office UPS for that reason. And it seems to still be a common recommendation - http://articles.tech...8_11-6085460.html Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #328,988 by mvitale 7/1/10 11:40:08 PM Reply	Re: On printers and UPSes... Yeah, that's the thing. It WASN'T on the UPS. It was on the surge strip. The UPS was not plugged into the surge strip. The UPS and the surge strip were plugged into the same wall outlet. And still the UPS went down. -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #328,998 by beepster 7/2/10 9:03:54 AM Reply	My Brother would tax the entire circuit it was on. It was problematic enough to make me remove it from service as opposed to locating it on a plug on another breaker. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.

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