Rainer Duffner wrote: > Sorin Srbu schrieb: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of >>> Scott Silva >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:45 PM >>> To: centos at centos.org >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed >>> >>> I just had a Back-UPS of about 1998 vintage burst into flames about 6 months >>> ago. Luckily, someone was near it and grabbed a fire extinguisher. It was a >>> Saturday, and if this person hadn't been in on overtime, who knows what would >>> have happened. >>> >> Geez... I have a UPS for my admin-workstation just under the desk on the floor >> in front of me. Suddenly I feel a bit anxious about that... > > > There's a reason I don't like running anything beyond my ALIX-router > 24x7 at home (while I'm away). And it's not the power-bill. > IMO, UPSs don't really belong in the living-room. Doesn't really matter > if they are old or new. > Imagine returning home from work, only to find only the smoldering > remainders of what was your house in the morning... > Oh, there's lots of bad stuff that can happen to your home . . . http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/01/eastlake_city_and_state.html -- tkb