On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:57 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:35:49 -0500
"David G. Mackay" <mackay_d(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Shouldn't there have been some indication of problems prior to the
> failure?
I have a feeling smartd is quite a lot like the emergency lights
we have at work. They come on fine when you press the "test" button,
but if the power actually goes out, they don't work at all :-).
Sort of like the $20 component that vaporizes itself to save the $.10
fuse from blowing?
Most UPS boxes seem to be about the same. They'll be reporting
self test OK and lots of battery life, then the power actually
fails, and they fall over dead.
Fortunately, mine seem to kicking in when they should, except for the
one that died of old age.
Dave