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CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2007 <-- March 2007 <-- 22 March 2007Subject: Re: X-ray generator uninterruptible power supply From: "David J {- dot -} Schuller" djs63 {- at -} CORNELL {- dot -} EDU Date: 2007-03-22 > I never considered getting a UPS for my generator, even though our building > has no backup power and Con Ed also forgets to feed their hamsters > occasionally. What I did get was a UPS for my cryostream - I figured that > the data collection can always be restarted if the generator died in the > middle of the night, but once the crystal is gone, it's gone. I paid less > than $10k for a UPS that can run my Cryojet for over 15 hours, so even if > the power goes out in the middle of the night, I can come in and rescue the > crystal the next day. That's a good idea, we do that now on our crystallography beamlines. -- ======================================================================= With the single exception of Cornell, there is not a college in the United States where truth has ever been a welcome guest - R.G. Ingersoll ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University djs63@cornell.edu CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2007 <-- March 2007 <-- 22 March 2007 |
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