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\"\"<\/a>9 am I’m at work and there’s a phone call for me.\u00a0 I get on my end and it’s my wife.\u00a0\u00a0“The box is making an awful squealing noise and my computer shut off again..”\u00a0<\/em> she said.\u00a0 This is a day and a half after it happened previously, and I’d diagnosed the issue as a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) that needed a new battery.<\/p>\n

Naturally at this point I’m 90 minutes into my 8 hour shift, so I tell her the best she can do is unplug everything from the back of the UPS, grab the power strip to the right of my computer desk and plug her computer into it.\u00a0 Fortunately she has an HP All-in-One machine, so that saves on a outlet.\u00a0 Since I don’t have a way of informing her which plugs are which for the modem and router, she’s going to be offline for the majority of the day.\u00a0 Of course, that means our security cameras are going to be offline as well, AND<\/strong> the WiFi as well as all the other peripeherals around the house that are wired and wirelessly hooked into the home network.\u00a0 Shrug your shoulders, it can’t be helped.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the day was fairly uneventful, except for my supervisor is in the hospital again.\u00a0 It’s going to either be his gallbladder or heart; if it’s the former, he may very well be out for several months.\u00a0 If it’s the latter, who knows if he’s coming back.\u00a0 But, that is a conversation for another time.\u00a0 And has nothing to do with this post.<\/p>\n

When I got home, I noted that only her computer was running, and there was just one thing plugged into the power strip. She didn’t even take a stab at trying to get the network back online.\u00a0 Fortunately, I had a battery backup unit in the basement.\u00a0 Believe it or not the only think plugged into it was the cat’s litter box.\u00a0 Yeah, I’d gotten tired of having to run downstairs after a power outage to turn it back on.\u00a0 So, I used the spare UPS to keep the litter box powered through a brownout.\u00a0 Somewhere between lazy and creative.\u00a0 Why not?<\/p>\n

My inital job was determining if indeed the issue with the UPS was battery related. Sure enough, when I plugged it in, after going through a basic diagnostic, the battery indicator started flashing and the power bar was down to nothing.\u00a0 At that point I figure I knew what happened and went down to the basement to retrieve the old unit.\u00a0 Bringing it back upstairs, I proceeded to plug in everything that was basic to getting the network running again.\u00a0 Both of our computers, the fiber optic modem, both the router and the switch, to be sure that everything would get back online in short order.\u00a0 Waited a few minutes and checked my cellphone to see if it detected the WiFi signal.\u00a0 Nada.\u00a0 Wait a minute more.\u00a0 Boom, there it is.\u00a0 Connected.\u00a0 I did a little surfing to be sure that the connection was solid and it was.\u00a0 At which point I informed my wife that we were back online.\u00a0 She was, relieved.<\/p>\n

I ordered a new replacement battery on Sunday.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it’s not due to be delivered until Friday as it’s coming from Canada.\u00a0 Just the way things happen.\u00a0 When it arrives I’ll pop open the case and get us back in business with the updated UPS.\u00a0 Just another day in the life, though I’m grateful we didn’t burn out anything with this snafu.\u00a0 Perhaps I’ll invest in the ‘PowerChute’ software that goes along with these units.\u00a0 Might do some good?\u00a0 Time will tell.<\/p>\n

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