From: "RobertB." 

In article , "Glenn Meadows"
 wrote:

> Power line Monitors have the scale expanded to show the normal operating
> range across the majority of the meter face (easier to read small changes).
> Plus, they come in a nice box housing all the "stuff", and
have a 2 prong
> wall plug, so you don't have to stick the probes in the outlet.  You can set
> it on a table and just leave it plugged in all the time, and can easily move
> it from one outlet to another.

Ahh, OK. That's something that might be worth looking into. Thanks.


>
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>
> Glenn M.
> "RobertB."  wrote in message
> news:rb28-21A29F.11053420112006{at}w3.nls.net...
> > In article ,
> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote:
> >
> >> See if you can get a powerline monitor, that expands the 100-135 volt
> >> range
> >> to full scale, or get a Digital Volt meter, and re-wire an
extension cord
> >> so
> >> you can plug it into the wall socket, and view the power line voltage
> >> next
> >> time the trim LED comes on.  Could be either low, or high.  Only way to
> >> know, is to monitor it.
> >
> > Is a power line monitor different than a multimeter? Is it somehting I
> > can pick up at Radio Shack? The old Sperry meter has different ranges of
> > measurement; the current one goes up to 250 V. But it's a little awkward
> > to use since you have to hold the probes in the wall socket and make
> > sure you make a connection.
> >
> >
> >
> >>
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> >>
> >> Glenn M.
> >> "RobertB."  wrote in message
> >> news:rb28-D1FC86.14431518112006{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> > Any EEs out there or people who know electricity? I have
two APC UPS
> >> > SmartUPs in my office, a smallish 750 VA unit attached
to my G4 iMac
> >> > and
> >> > a large 1000VA unit attached to my ancient Micron and my new iMac
> >> > core2duo (Yowza!).
> >> >
> >> > Here's the deal. Previously, I used to not turn the
Micron on much so I
> >> > would shut the large SmartUPS off at night (since the
computer was only
> >> > on a couple of days a week at most). However, the new
iMac, like all
> >> > Macs, has an Energy Saver feature, so I simply put it to sleep at
> >> > night.
> >> > Easy. When it's on, the usage light on the large
SmartUPS doesn't even
> >> > go on, the machine is energy efficient. (The Micron,
which has a couple
> >> > of externals attached causes it to move up one notch).
So there's no
> >> > real voltage draw. OK. I noticed, twice now, that in the
morning when I
> >> > come into the office, the Voltage Trim light is on,
indicating high
> >> > voltage on the line. However, it only appears on one of
the SmartUPS.
> >> > Both machines are in the same room and, as far as I
know, connected to
> >> > the same circuit. After a while, the Trim light goes out.
> >> >
> >> > FYI, about two weeks ago, the same thing happened one night to the
> >> > 750VA
> >> > UPS. The Voltage Trim light was on for several hours,
then went out. I
> >> > have no idea why it would affect one UPS and not the other, why it
> >> > seems
> >> > to happen on a regular basis, and why it would come and
go. The owner
> >> > of
> >> > the building (an old tenement) installed a new boiler
about six weeks
> >> > ago and I'm wondering if they did something weird. At
one point this
> >> > summer they were running new cabling up the walls on all
the floors,
> >> > but
> >> > I have no idea if they ever connected the stuff. I can't
figure it out.
> >> > The voltage trim light just went out about 10 minutes
ago. Bizarre.
> >>
> >>
>
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